High-precision U-Pb zircon dating identifies a major magmatic event on the Moon at 4.338 GaOPEN ACCESS
Mélanie Barboni Dawid Szymanowski Blair Schoene Nicolas Dauphas Zhe J. Zhang Xi Chen Kevin D. McKeegan Science Advances24 Jul 2024Vol 10, Issue 30 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon has had a complex history,…
Towards a new impact geochronometer: Deformation microstructures and U-Pb systematics of shocked xenotimeOPEN ACCESS
Cilva Joseph, Denis Fougerouse, Aaron J. Cavosie, Hugo K.H. Olierook, Steven M. Reddy, Tommaso Tacchetto, Raiza R. Quintero, Allen Kennedy, David W. Saxey, William D.A. Rickard Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…
4.46 Ga zircons anchor chronology of lunar magma oceanOPEN ACCESS
J. Greer, B. Zhang, D. Isheim, D.N. Seidman, A. Bouvier, P.R. Heck Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V27Published 23 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The crystallisation ages of lunar samples provide critical constraints on the…
SIMS U-Pb dating of micro-zircons in the lunar meteorites Dhofar 1528 and Dhofar 1627OPEN ACCESS
Bidong Zhang, Yangting Lin, Jialong Hao, Devin L. Schrader, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Randy L. Korotev, William K. Hartmann, Audrey Bouvier MAPSVersion of Record online: 19 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “About half of the…
In-situ phosphate U-Pb ages of the L chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Craig Robert Walton, Heejin Jeon, Ana Černok, Auriol S.P. Rae, Ioannis Baziotis, Fengzai Tang, Venkata S.C. Kuppili, Ludovic Ferrière, James Darling, Sen Hu, Martin J. Whitehouse, Mahesh Anand, Oliver Shorttle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In…
Statistical Chronometry of Meteorites. II. Initial Abundances and Homogeneity of Short-lived RadionuclidesOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Daniel R. Dunlap, Curtis D. Williams, Prajkta Mane, Emilie T. Dunham Submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (published in Icarus, 6 May 2023): LINK “• We present a…
Ar-Ar and U-Pb ages of Chelyabinsk and a re-evaluation of its impact chronology
Sky P. Beard, Timothy D. Swindle, Thomas J. Lapen, David A. Kring MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 December 2022 LINK “The LL5 chondrite Chelyabinsk has had numerous isotopic studies since its fall in 2013….
The Los Angeles martian diabase: Phosphate U-Th-Pb geochronology and mantle source constraints
Christopher R.M. McFarlane, John G. Spray Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 18 April 2022 LINK “In situ laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry (LA ICP-MS) is used to determine the U-Th-Pb age of the phosphates…
U-Pb dating of zircon and monazite from the uplifted Variscan crystalline basement of the Ries impact craterOPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Stanley Endley, Katherine H. Joy MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impact crater central peaks and peak ring complexes are important exploration targets for future missions to…
Calibrating volatile loss from the Moon using the U-Pb systemOPEN ACCESS
J.N. Connelly, A.A. Nemchin, R.E. Merle, J.F. Snape, M.J. Whitehouse, M. Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 2 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Previous isotope studies of lunar samples have demonstrated that volatile loss was…
U-Pb isotope systematics and impact ages recorded by a chemically diverse population of glasses from an Apollo 14 lunar soilOPEN ACCESS
A.A. Nemchin, M.D. Norman, M.L. Grange, R.A. Zeigler, M.J. Whitehouse, J.R. Muhling, R. Merle Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 December 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Glass beads formed by ejection of…
Ancient and recent collisions revealed by phosphate minerals in the Chelyabinsk meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Craig R. Walton, Oliver Shorttle, Sen Hu, Auriol S. P. Rae, Ji Jianglong, Ana Černok, Helen Williams, Yu Liu, Guoqiang Tang, Qiuli Li, Mahesh Anand Accepted in Nature Communication Earth and Environment PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Petrographic controls on baddeleyite occurrence in a suite of eight basaltic shergottites
Alex I. Sheen, Christopher D. K. Herd, Jarret Hamilton, Erin L. Walton Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 August 2021 LINK “Baddeleyite (ZrO2) is a common late-stage accessory mineral in basaltic shergottites and…
Timing of lunar Mg-suite magmatism constrained by SIMS U-Pb dating of Apollo norite 78238OPEN ACCESS
Bidong Zhang, Yangting Lin, Desmond E. Moser, Paul H. Warren, Jialong Hao, Ivan R. Barker, Sean R. Shieh, Audrey Bouvier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 569, 1 September 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “Highlights •…
Multiple thermal events recorded in IIE silicate inclusions: Evidence from in situ U–Pb dating of phosphates in Weekeroo Station
Shaolin Li, Weibiao Hsu (徐伟彪), Alexander Nemchin, Xiaochao Che, Dunyi Liu, Tao Long, Yexing Luo, Sky Beard, Chipui Tang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 June 2021 LINK “Silicate-bearing iron meteorites…
Lunar samples record an impact 4.2 billion years ago that may have formed the Serenitatis BasinOPEN ACCESS
Ana Černok, Lee F. White, Mahesh Anand, Kimberly T. Tait, James R. Darling, Martin Whitehouse, Katarina Miljković, Myriam Lemelin, Steven M. Reddy, Denis Fougerouse, William D. A. Rickard, David W. Saxey & Rebecca Ghent Communications…
Timescales of impact melt sheet crystallization and the precise age of the Morokweng impact structure, South AfricaOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny, Claire O. Harrigan, Mark D.Schmitz, James L. Crowley, Corey J. Wall, Marco A.G. Andreoli, Roger L. Gibson, Wolfgang D. Maier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 567, 1 August 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
ID-TIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Camel Donga eucrite
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw Chemical GeologyAvailable online 22 January 2021 LINK “Highlights • A method for efficient extraction of small zircons from bulk meteorite samples.• High-precision ID-TIMS U-Pb dating for zircons from the Camel…
Exploring the efficiency of stepwise dissolution in removal of stubborn non-radiogenic Pb in chondrule U-Pb dating
Renaud Merle, Yuri Amelin, Qing-Zhu Yin, Magdalena H. Huyskens, Matthew E. Sanborn, Kazuhide Nagashima, Katsuyuki Yamashita, Trevor R. Ireland, Alexander N.Krot, Melanie J. Sieber Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18…
Precise radiometric age establishes Yarrabubba, Western Australia, as Earth’s oldest recognised meteorite impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Timmons M. Erickson, Christopher L. Kirkland, Nicholas E. Timms, Aaron J. Cavosie & Thomas M. Davison Nature Communications 11 , 1–8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ~70 km-diameter Yarrabubba impact structure in Western…
Spatial U–Pb age distribution in shock-recrystallized zircon – a case study from the Rochechouart impact structure, France
Cornelia Rasmussen, Daniel F. Stockli, Timmons M. Erickson, Martin Schmieder Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Age determination of impact structures via the zircon U–Pb system remains challenging and often ambiguous due to highly variable effects…
U-Pb, Rb-Sr and Ar-Ar systematics of the ungrouped achondrites Northwest Africa 6704 and Northwest Africa 6693
Yuri Amelin, Piers Koefoed, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Vera Assis Fernandes, Magdalena H.Huyskens, Qing-Zhu Yin, Anthony J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 September 2018 LINK “We report U-Pb, 87Rb-87Sr, 40Ar-39Ar…
Evidence for extremely rapid magma ocean crystallization and crust formation on Mars
Laura C. Bouvier, Maria M. Costa, James N. Connelly, Ninna K. Jensen, Daniel Wielandt, Michael Storey, Alexander A. Nemchin, Martin J. Whitehouse, Joshua F. Snape, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Frédéric Moynier, Arnaud Agranier, Bleuenn Gueguen, Maria…
Petrology, Mineralogy and In Situ U-Pb Dating of Northwest Africa 11042
Wu Y. * Hsu W. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6190] abstract (PDF) “NWA 11042 was classified as a unique achondrite. Its mineralogy and petrology resemble those of martian meteorites, but the…
Atomic-scale age resolution of planetary eventsOPEN ACCESS
L. F. White, J. R. Darling, D. E. Moser, D. A. Reinhard, T. J. Prosa, D. Bullen, D. Olson, D. J. Larson, D. Lawrence & I. Martin Nature Communications 8, Article number: 15597 (2017) doi:10.1038/ncomms15597…
Origin and transportation history of lunar breccia 14311.
Merle, R. E., Nemchin, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Pidgeon, R. T., Grange, M. L., Snape, J. F. and Thiessen, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12835 First published: 17 February 2017 LINK “In this…
U-Pb Dating of Zircon with Petrographic Settings from the Martian Regolith Breccia NWA 7034
Lin Y. T. * Hu S. Zhang T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6248 LINK
Why Do U-Pb Ages of Chondrules and CAIs Have More Spread than Their 26 Al Ages?
Kita N. T. * Tenner T. J. Ushikubo T. Bouvier A. Wadhwa M. Bullock E. S. MacPherson G. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5360 abstract (PDF)
U-Pb Age of Ungrouped Achondrite NWA 10132
Koefoed P., Amelin Y., Irving A. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
High-Precision U-Pb and Pb-Pb Geochronology at UC Davis — First Results for EarlyTime Standards
M.H. Huyskens, M.E. Sanborn and Q.-Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2340 PDF LINK
A mineralogical and chemical study of primitive achondrite NWA 6704 and its potential use for calibration of extinct radionuclide chronometers
Yuki Hibiya (The University of Tokyo) , Tsuyoshi Iizuka (The University of Tokyo) , Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR) PDF LINK
Thermal history of Vesta’s crust constrained by U-Pb dating and trace element chemistry of zircon in the Agoult eucrite
Tsuyoshi Iizuka (University of Tokyo), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Yuri Amelin (ANU), Peter Holden (ANU), S. Zink (ANU), M. H. Huyskens (ANU), Trevor Ireland (ANU) PDF LINK
High resolution U-Pb ages of Ca-phosphates in Apollo 14 breccias: Implications for the age of the Imbrium impact
Merle, R. E., Nemchin, A. A., Grange, M. L., Whitehouse, M. J. and Pidgeon, R. T. (2014), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12395 LINK
U-Pb zircon dating of the lunar meteorite Dhofar 1442
S. I. Demidova, M. A. Nazarov, M. O. Anosova, Yu. A. Kostitsyn, Th. Ntaflos, F. Brandstaetter Petrology January 2014, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 1-16 LINK