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Microstructural Geochronology

Geochronology techniques enable the study of geological evolution and environmental change over time. This volume integrates two aspects of geochronology: one based on classical methods of orientation and spatial patterns, and the other on ratios of radioactive isotopes and their decay products.

The chapters illustrate how material science techniques are taking this field to the atomic scale, enabling us to image the chemical and structural record of mineral lattice growth and deformation, and sometimes the patterns of radioactive parent and daughter atoms themselves, to generate a microstructural geochronology from some of the most resilient materials in the solar system.

  • First compilation of research focusing on the crystal structure, material properties, and chemical zoning of the geochronology mineral archive down to nanoscale
  • Novel comparisons of mineral time archives from different rocky planets and aster

    Table of Contents

    Contributors vii

    Preface xi

    Part I: Chemical Microstructure/Zoning

    1 Zircon as Magma Monitor: Robust, Temperature]Dependent Partition Coefficients from Glass and Zircon Surface and Rim Measurements from Natural Systems
    Lily L. Claiborne, Calvin F. Miller, Guillherme A. R. Gualda, Tamara L. Carley, Aaron K. Covey, Joseph L. Wooden, and Marc A. Fleming 3

    2 Petrology and Geochronology of Metamorphic Zircon
    Matthew J. Kohn and Nigel M. Kelly 35

    3 Origins of Textural, Compositional, and Isotopic Complexity in Monazite and Its Petrochronological Analysis
    Callum J. Hetherington, Ethan L. Backus, Christopher R. M. McFarlane, Christopher M. Fisher, and D. Graham Pearson 63

    4 Application of Single]Shot Laser Ablation Split]Stream Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry to Accessory Phase Petrochronology
    John M. Cottle and Michael A. Stearns 91

    5 Comparing Chemical Microstructures of Some Early Solar System Zircon from Differentiated Asteroids, Mars and Earth
    Julia Roszjar, Desmond E. Moser, Brendt C. Hyde, Chutimun Chanmuang, and Kimberly Tait 113

    6 Crystallization of Baddeleyite in Basaltic Rocks from Mars, and Comparisons with the Earth, Moon, and Vesta
    Christopher D. K. Herd, Desmond E. Moser, Kimberly Tait, James R. Darling, Barry J. Shaulis, and Timothy J. McCoy 137

    Part II: Orientation Microstructure

    7 Strength and Deformation of Zircon at Crustal and Mantle Pressures
    Ievgeniia Morozova, Sean R. Shieh, Desmond E. Moser, Ivan R. Barker, and John M. Hanchar 169

    8 Role of Elastic Anisotropy in the Development of Deformation Microstructures in Zircon
    Nicholas E. Timms, David Healy, Timmons M. Erickson, Alexander A. Nemchin, Mark A. Pearce, and Aaron J. Cavosie 183

    9 The Rietputs Formation in South Africa: A Pleistocene Fluvial Archive of Meteorite Impact Unique to the Kaapvaal Craton
    Aaron J. Cavosie, Timmons M. Erickson, Pedro E. Montalvo, Diana C. Prado, Nadja O. Cintron, and Ryan J. Gibbon 203

    10 Deciphering the Effects of Zircon Deformation and Recrystallization to Resolve the Age and Heritage of an Archean Mafic Granulite Complex
    Nicole M. Rayner, Mary Sanborn]Barrie, and Desmond E. Moser 225

    11 Alpha Recoil Loss of Pb from Baddeleyite Evaluated by High]Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP II) Depth Profiling and Numerical Modeling: Implications for the Interpretation of U]Pb Ages in Small Baddeleyite Crystals
    William J. Davis and Donald W. Davis 247

    12 Transmission Electron Microscope Imaging Sharpens Geochronological Interpretation of Zircon and Monazite
    Anne]Magali Seydoux]Guillaume, Bernard Bingen, Valerie Bosse, Emilie Janots, and Antonin T. Laurent 261

    Part III: 3D Nanostructure

    13 Detecting Micro] and Nanoscale Variations in Element Mobility in High]Grade Metamorphic Rocks: Implication for Precise U]Pb Dating of Zircon
    Monika A. Kusiak, Simon A. Wilde, Richard Wirth, Martin J. Whitehouse, Daniel J. Dunkley, Ian Lyon, Steven M. Reddy, Andrew Berry, and Martin de Jonge 279

    14 The Optimization of Zircon Analyses by Laser]Assisted Atom Probe Microscopy: Insights from the 91500 Zircon Standard
    David W. Saxey, Steven M. Reddy, Denis Fougerouse, and William D. A. Rickard 293

    15 Atom Probe Tomography of Phalaborwa Baddeleyite and Reference Zircon BR266
    David A. Reinhard, Desmond E. Moser, Isabelle Martin, Katherine P. Rice, Yimeng Chen, David Olson, Daniel Lawrence, Ty J. Prosa, and David J. Larson 315

    16 Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Spatial and Spectral Processing of Pb Isotopes in Zircon by Atom Probe Tomography
    Tyler B. Blum, David A. Reinhard, Yimeng Chen, Ty J. Prosa, David J. Larson, and John W. Valley 327

    17 Complex Nanostructures in Shocked, Annealed, and Metamorphosed Baddeleyite Defined by Atom Probe Tomography
    Lee F. White, James R. Darling, Desmond E. Moser, David A. Reinhard, Joseph Dunlop, David J. Larson, Daniel Lawrence, and Isabelle Martin 351

    18 Best Practices for Reporting Atom Probe Analysis of Geological Materials
    Tyler B. Blum, James R. Darling, Thomas F. Kelly, David J. Larson, Desmond E. Moser, Alberto Perez]Huerta, Ty J. Prosa, Steven M. Reddy, David A. Reinhard, David W. Saxey, Robert M. Ulfig, and John W. Valley 369

    Index 375

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      Publication Date: 09/02/2018
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Microstructural Geochronology

      Geochronology techniques enable the study of geological evolution and environmental change over time. This volume integrates two aspects of geochronology: one based on classical methods of orientation and spatial patterns, and the other on ratios of radioactive isotopes and their decay products.

      The chapters illustrate how material science techniques are taking this field to the atomic scale, enabling us to image the chemical and structural record of mineral lattice growth and deformation, and sometimes the patterns of radioactive parent and daughter atoms themselves, to generate a microstructural geochronology from some of the most resilient materials in the solar system.

      • First compilation of research focusing on the crystal structure, material properties, and chemical zoning of the geochronology mineral archive down to nanoscale
      • Novel comparisons of mineral time archives from different rocky planets and aster

        Table of Contents

        Contributors vii

        Preface xi

        Part I: Chemical Microstructure/Zoning

        1 Zircon as Magma Monitor: Robust, Temperature]Dependent Partition Coefficients from Glass and Zircon Surface and Rim Measurements from Natural Systems
        Lily L. Claiborne, Calvin F. Miller, Guillherme A. R. Gualda, Tamara L. Carley, Aaron K. Covey, Joseph L. Wooden, and Marc A. Fleming 3

        2 Petrology and Geochronology of Metamorphic Zircon
        Matthew J. Kohn and Nigel M. Kelly 35

        3 Origins of Textural, Compositional, and Isotopic Complexity in Monazite and Its Petrochronological Analysis
        Callum J. Hetherington, Ethan L. Backus, Christopher R. M. McFarlane, Christopher M. Fisher, and D. Graham Pearson 63

        4 Application of Single]Shot Laser Ablation Split]Stream Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry to Accessory Phase Petrochronology
        John M. Cottle and Michael A. Stearns 91

        5 Comparing Chemical Microstructures of Some Early Solar System Zircon from Differentiated Asteroids, Mars and Earth
        Julia Roszjar, Desmond E. Moser, Brendt C. Hyde, Chutimun Chanmuang, and Kimberly Tait 113

        6 Crystallization of Baddeleyite in Basaltic Rocks from Mars, and Comparisons with the Earth, Moon, and Vesta
        Christopher D. K. Herd, Desmond E. Moser, Kimberly Tait, James R. Darling, Barry J. Shaulis, and Timothy J. McCoy 137

        Part II: Orientation Microstructure

        7 Strength and Deformation of Zircon at Crustal and Mantle Pressures
        Ievgeniia Morozova, Sean R. Shieh, Desmond E. Moser, Ivan R. Barker, and John M. Hanchar 169

        8 Role of Elastic Anisotropy in the Development of Deformation Microstructures in Zircon
        Nicholas E. Timms, David Healy, Timmons M. Erickson, Alexander A. Nemchin, Mark A. Pearce, and Aaron J. Cavosie 183

        9 The Rietputs Formation in South Africa: A Pleistocene Fluvial Archive of Meteorite Impact Unique to the Kaapvaal Craton
        Aaron J. Cavosie, Timmons M. Erickson, Pedro E. Montalvo, Diana C. Prado, Nadja O. Cintron, and Ryan J. Gibbon 203

        10 Deciphering the Effects of Zircon Deformation and Recrystallization to Resolve the Age and Heritage of an Archean Mafic Granulite Complex
        Nicole M. Rayner, Mary Sanborn]Barrie, and Desmond E. Moser 225

        11 Alpha Recoil Loss of Pb from Baddeleyite Evaluated by High]Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP II) Depth Profiling and Numerical Modeling: Implications for the Interpretation of U]Pb Ages in Small Baddeleyite Crystals
        William J. Davis and Donald W. Davis 247

        12 Transmission Electron Microscope Imaging Sharpens Geochronological Interpretation of Zircon and Monazite
        Anne]Magali Seydoux]Guillaume, Bernard Bingen, Valerie Bosse, Emilie Janots, and Antonin T. Laurent 261

        Part III: 3D Nanostructure

        13 Detecting Micro] and Nanoscale Variations in Element Mobility in High]Grade Metamorphic Rocks: Implication for Precise U]Pb Dating of Zircon
        Monika A. Kusiak, Simon A. Wilde, Richard Wirth, Martin J. Whitehouse, Daniel J. Dunkley, Ian Lyon, Steven M. Reddy, Andrew Berry, and Martin de Jonge 279

        14 The Optimization of Zircon Analyses by Laser]Assisted Atom Probe Microscopy: Insights from the 91500 Zircon Standard
        David W. Saxey, Steven M. Reddy, Denis Fougerouse, and William D. A. Rickard 293

        15 Atom Probe Tomography of Phalaborwa Baddeleyite and Reference Zircon BR266
        David A. Reinhard, Desmond E. Moser, Isabelle Martin, Katherine P. Rice, Yimeng Chen, David Olson, Daniel Lawrence, Ty J. Prosa, and David J. Larson 315

        16 Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Spatial and Spectral Processing of Pb Isotopes in Zircon by Atom Probe Tomography
        Tyler B. Blum, David A. Reinhard, Yimeng Chen, Ty J. Prosa, David J. Larson, and John W. Valley 327

        17 Complex Nanostructures in Shocked, Annealed, and Metamorphosed Baddeleyite Defined by Atom Probe Tomography
        Lee F. White, James R. Darling, Desmond E. Moser, David A. Reinhard, Joseph Dunlop, David J. Larson, Daniel Lawrence, and Isabelle Martin 351

        18 Best Practices for Reporting Atom Probe Analysis of Geological Materials
        Tyler B. Blum, James R. Darling, Thomas F. Kelly, David J. Larson, Desmond E. Moser, Alberto Perez]Huerta, Ty J. Prosa, Steven M. Reddy, David A. Reinhard, David W. Saxey, Robert M. Ulfig, and John W. Valley 369

        Index 375

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