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Scientific Discipline Radioisotope geochronology

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Geochronology in Greenland

Project Update 13 December 2018

A Deeper Investment for Deep Time Science

Seven proposals recently funded by the National Science Foundation will ensure more access to laboratories that specialize in geochronology.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Marine mollusk shells record the magnitude of the radiocarbon marine reservoir effect in their habitat.

Editors' Vox 17 April 2018

Radiocarbon in the Oceans

Offsets in radiocarbon concentration within the ocean or between the ocean and the atmosphere are particularly useful proxies for a variety of studies.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Editors' Vox 9 March 2018

The Science of Dates and Rates

Geochronology and thermochronology combine geochemistry, nuclear reactions, and technology to probe the history and dynamics of Earth and planetary processes.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Researchers examine mudstone in Mars’s Gale crater to unravel the history of liquid surface water

Research Spotlight 2 February 2018

History of Water on Mars’s Surface Is Longer Than We Thought

Curiosity’s two-step heating experiment of mudstone at Gale crater reveals minerals that formed in the presence of water less than 3 billion years ago.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Researchers use radiometric dating to distinguish the timing of one of Earth’s most pivotal timescale boundaries.

Research Spotlight 29 November 2017

Resolving a Mystery of the Ages

High-precision radiometric dates shed new light on the puzzling 600,000-year disparity in the timing of one of Earth’s most pivotal timescale boundaries.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Deformed and metamorphosed rocks may be left over from subduction processes during the growth of the Himalaya

Research Spotlight 15 May 2017

Unraveling the History of the India-Asia Collision

A study of deformed and metamorphosed rocks exposed in Tibet’s Lopu Range suggests that episodes of crustal shortening and extension during the evolution of the Himalaya are related to subduction processes.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Opinion 28 December 2015

Geochronology: It's About Time

Chronology is at the heart of all geosciences, but its ubiquity has given it an image of a useful tool rather than a foundational discipline of its own.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Research Spotlight 10 November 2015

Dating Lava Domes in California's Salton Trough

Scientists use a trio of techniques to resolve the age and duration of rhyolite volcanism of the Salton Buttes.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Research Spotlight 8 May 2015

New Insights into the Formation of Old Norwegian Mountains

Researchers look to minerals in rocks from Norway's Western Gneiss Region to determine when the mountain-making period came to a close in the region.
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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

Meeting Report 2 January 2015

Exploring Radioisotopic Geochronology and Astrochronology

IsoAstro Geochronology Workshop: The Integration and Intercalibration of Radioisotopic and Astrochronologic Time Scales; Madison, Wisconsin, 18–23 August 2014
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