Offsets in radiocarbon concentration within the ocean or between the ocean and the atmosphere are particularly useful proxies for a variety of studies.Read More »
Geochronology and thermochronology combine geochemistry, nuclear reactions, and technology to probe the history and dynamics of Earth and planetary processes.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
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.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
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.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
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.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
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.Read More »
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.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
IsoAstro Geochronology Workshop: The Integration and Intercalibration of Radioisotopic and Astrochronologic Time Scales;
Madison, Wisconsin, 18–23 August 2014
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Studying Archean-age gneissic and schistic rocks in northwestern Canada, researchers determined that the source of these rocks formed 4.3 billion years ago.Read More »
