Methods and Applications of Geochronology

J. Gregory Shellnutt is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University. His research focuses on the geochemistry and geochronology of magmatic rocks from large igneous provinces, Precambrian mafic dyke swarms, the Central African Orogenic Belt, and the Appalachian Orogeny. He was awarded Young Scientist awards from the Mineralogical Association of Canada and Academia Sinica, the Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan) Outstanding Research Award in 2015 and 2022, and the Ma Ting Ying and Wang Hanzhuo awards from the Geological Society of Taiwan. Greg is currently the Co-Editor-in Chief of Lithos, Associate Editor of Journal of the Geological Society of India, and editorial board member of Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Earth Sciences.Steven W. Denyszyn is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Previous affiliations include the University of Toronto, the Berkeley Geochronology Center, and the University of Western Australia. He primarily uses high-precision U-Pb geochronology to study the timing and rates of igneous processes, particularly large igneous provinces and magmatic ore deposits, as well as mass extinctions, paleocontinental reconstructions, and tectonics. Dr. Kenshi Suga is a Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University. He is the manager of the LA-ICP-MS/MS laboratory and focuses on the development of analytical methods for in situ dating using alpha (U–Pb) and beta (e.g. Lu–Hf, Rb–Sr, Re–Os) decay systems, and provides lectures and hands-training to visiting faculty and graduate students. Over the past ten years, Kenshi has published 26 peer reviewed SCI papers and serves on the editorial board of Frontiers in Earth Science.

• 1. Introduction to methods and applications of geochronology: A perspective on geological timeJ. Gregory Shellnutt, Steven W. Denyszyn and Kenshi Suga2. High-precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology of zircon: Materials, methods, and interpretationsUrs Schaltegger, Maria Ovtcharova and Blair Schoene3. Ion microprobe accessory mineral geochronologyAxel K. Schmitt, Allen Kennedy and Kevin Chamberlain4. High-speed UePb age determinations using a laser ablation-ICP-MS techniqueTakafumi Hirata and Hideki Iwano5. Zircon fission-track and UePb multi-method geochronology using laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometryHideki Iwano, Tohru Danhara and Takafumi Hirata6. UeThePb phosphate geochronology by LA-ICP-MSDavid Chew7. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: Fundamentals and methodologyThomas Zack and Sarah Gilbert8. In situ beta decay dating by LA-ICP-MS/MS: applicationsSarah E. Gilbert, Stijn Glorie and Thomas Zack9. The complexities in interpreting Argon isotopes: Chock-full of componentsVera Assis Fernandes, Ray Burgess and Hirochika Sumino10. Obtaining accurate ages of basaltic rocks using 40Ar/39Ar techniquesQiang Jiang and Fred Jourdan11. Approaches and best practices for dating orogenic processes using 40Ar/39Ar geochronologyDawn A. Kellett, Clare J. Warren and Alfredo Camacho12. Application of in situ 40Ar/39Ar laser probe analysis to a continental shear beltChieh-Yu Wu, Meng-Wan Yeh, Ching-Hua Lo and Yun-Chieh Lo13. A method and application for the integration of geology, geochronology, and paleontology: Case studies for important Mesozoic evolutionary events in East AsiaSu-Chin Chang, Rui Pei, Jun Wang and Daran Zheng14. Growth kinetics of metamorphic minerals and the implications for metamorphic geochronology and geology: some case studies of metamorphic zirconKazuhiro Miyazaki