Geochronology
Geochronology
GChron
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Editors: Philippa Ascough, Tibor J. Dunai, Georgina King, Andreas Lang & Klaus Mezger
eISSN: GChron 2628-3719, GChronD 2628-3735
Geochronology (GChron) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the discussion and publication of high-quality research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes used to quantify time in all environmental and geological settings throughout Earth's history.

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Recent papers

18 Feb 2025
Controls on zircon age distributions in volcanic, porphyry and plutonic rocks
Chetan Nathwani, Dawid Szymanowski, Lorenzo Tavazzani, Sava Markovic, Adrianna L. Virmond, and Cyril Chelle-Michou
Geochronology, 7, 15–33, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-15-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-15-2025, 2025
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13 Feb 2025
Broken 206Pb/238U carbonate chronometers and 207Pb/235U fixes
Pieter Vermeesch, Noah McLean, Anton Vaks, Tzahi Golan, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, and Randall Parris
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-432,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-432, 2025
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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07 Feb 2025
Zircon micro-inclusions as an obstacle for in situ garnet U-Pb geochronology: An example from the As Sifah eclogite locality, Oman
Jesse B. Walters, Joshu M. Garber, Aratz Beranoaguirre, Leo Millonig, Axel Gerdes, Tobias Grützner, and Horst R. Marschall
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-366,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-366, 2025
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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29 Jan 2025
Technical note: 21Ne in the CoQtz-N quartz standard material
Greg Balco
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-149,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-149, 2025
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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28 Jan 2025
Rapid dose rate estimation for trapped charge dating using pXRF measurements of potassium concentration
Sam Woor, Mitch K. D'Arcy, Olav B. Lian, Maria Schaarschmidt, and Julie A. Durcan
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-55,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-55, 2025
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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15 Jan 2025
Further investigations into the accuracy of infrared-radiofluorescence (IR-RF) and its inter-comparison with infrared photoluminescence (IRPL) dating
Mariana Sontag-González, Madhav K. Murari, Mayank Jain, Marine Frouin, and Markus Fuchs
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2024-36,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2024-36, 2025
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09 Jan 2025
40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the formation of fluid-rich quartz veins from the NW Rhenohercynian zone (Rursee area, Germany)
Akbar Aydin Oglu Huseynov, Jan R. Wijbrans, Klaudia F. Kuiper, and Jeroen van der Lubbe
Geochronology Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2024-35,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-2024-35, 2025
Preprint under review for GChron (discussion: open, 6 comments)
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06 Jan 2025
Technical note: “U–Th Analysis” – open-source software dedicated to MC-ICP-MS U-series data treatment and evaluation
Inga Kristina Kerber, Fabian Kontor, Aaron Mielke, Sophie Warken, and Norbert Frank
Geochronology, 7, 1–13, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-1-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-1-2025, 2025
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20 Dec 2024
New developments in incremental heating detrital 40Ar∕39Ar lithic (DARL) geochronology using Icelandic river sand
Odinaka Okwueze, Kevin Konrad, and Tomas Capaldi
Geochronology, 6, 683–696, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-683-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-683-2024, 2024
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20 Dec 2024
Interpreting cooling dates and histories from laser ablation in situ (U–Th–Sm) ∕ He thermochronometry: a modelling perspective
Christoph Glotzbach and Todd A. Ehlers
Geochronology, 6, 697–717, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-697-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-697-2024, 2024
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Highlight articles

27 Mar 2024
Minimizing the effects of Pb loss in detrital and igneous U–Pb zircon geochronology by CA-LA-ICP-MS
Erin E. Donaghy, Michael P. Eddy, Federico Moreno, and Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia
Geochronology, 6, 89–106, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-89-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-89-2024, 2024
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09 Jan 2024
Geochronological and geochemical effects of zircon chemical abrasion: insights from single-crystal stepwise dissolution experiments
Alyssa J. McKanna, Blair Schoene, and Dawid Szymanowski
Geochronology, 6, 1–20, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-1-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-1-2024, 2024
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