Effects of sampling and mineral separation on accuracy of detrital zircon studies

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Slma, Jií ^a   Koler, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Experiment; Reproducibility; Sedimentary provenance; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEPARATION; ZIRCON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DETRITAL ZIRCON; HEAVY-MINERAL SEPARATION; MINERAL SEPARATION; NATURAL CATCHMENTS; PROVENANCE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCKS; SOURCE SYSTEMS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TWO-COMPONENT; U-PB DATING; ZIRCON AGE;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY MINERAL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 84862069161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004106     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Andersen, T. (2005), Detrital zircons as tracers of sedimentary provenance: Limiting conditions from statistics and numerical simulation, Chem. Geol., 216(3-4), 249-270, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.11.013. (Pubitemid 40318252)
2. Banks, C. J., M. Smith, J. A. Winchester, M. S. A. Horstwood, S. R. Noble, and C. J. Ottley (2007), Provenance of intra-Rodinian basin-fills: The Lower Dalradian Supergroup, Scotland, Precambrian Res., 153(1-2), 46-64, doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2006.11.004. (Pubitemid 46110932)
3. Black, L. P., S. L. Kamo, I. S. Williams, R. Mundil, D. W. Davis, R. J. Korsch, and C. Foudoulis (2003), The application of SHRIMP to Phanerozoic geochronology; A critical appraisal of four zircon standards, Chem. Geol., 200(1-2), 171-188, doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00166-9. (Pubitemid 36941698)
4. Cawood, P. A., A. A. Nemchin, M. Freeman, and K. Sircombe (2003), Linking source and sedimentary basin: Detrital zircon record of sediment flux along a modern river system and implications for provenance studies, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 210(1-2), 259-268, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00122-5. (Pubitemid 36639892)
5. Dodson, M. H., W. Compston, I. S. Williams, and J. F. Wilson (1988), A search for ancient detrital zircons in Zimbabwean sediments, J. Geol. Soc., 145, 977-983, doi:10.1144/gsjgs.145.6.0977.
6. Dunstan, L. P., J. W. Gramlich, I. L. Barnes, and W. C. Purdy (1980), Absolute isotopic abundance and the atomic weight of a reference sample of thallium, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., 85(1), 1-10. (Pubitemid 10451798)
7. Fedo, C. M., K. N. Sircombe, and R. H. Rainbird (2003), Detrital zircon analysis of the sedimentary record, Rev. Mineral. Geochem., 53, 277-303, doi:10.2113/0530277.
8. Gehrels, G. E., V. A. Valencia, and J. Ruiz (2008), Enhanced precision, accuracy, efficiency, and spatial resolution of U-Pb ages by laser ablation-multicollector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q03017, doi:10.1029/2007GC001805.
9. Hanchar, J. M. (2009), Results from a round-robin study assessing the precision and accuracy of LA-ICPMS U/Pb geochronology of zircon, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V53B-04.
10. Hay, D. C., and T. J. Dempster (2009), Zircon alteration, formation and preservation in sandstones, Sedimentology, 56(7), 2175-2191, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01075.x.
11. Heaman, L., and R. R. Parrish (1991), U-Pb geochronology of accessory minerals, in Applications of Radiogenic Isotope Systems to Problems in Geology, edited by L. Heaman and J. Ludden, Short Course Handb. Mineral. Assoc. Can., 19, 59-102.
12. Hietpas, J., S. Samson, D. Moecher, and S. Chakraborty (2011), Enhancing tectonic and provenance information from detrital zircon studies: Assessing terrane-scale sampling and grain-scale characterization, J. Geol. Soc., 168(2), 309-318, doi:10.1144/0016-76492009-163.
13. Horn, I., R. L. Rudnick, and W. F. McDonough (2000), Precise elemental and isotope ratio determination by simultaneous solution nebulization and laser ablation-ICP-MS: Application to U-Pb geochronology, Chem. Geol., 164(3-4), 281-301, doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00168-0. (Pubitemid 30203440)
14. Horstwood, M. S. A. (2008), Data reduction strategies, uncertainty assessment and resolution of LA-(MC-)ICP-MS isotope data, in Laser Ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: Current Practices and Outstanding Issues, edited by P. Sylvester, Short Course Ser. Mineral. Assoc. Can., 40, 283-300.
15. Jackson, S. E., N. J. Pearson, W. L. Griffin, and E. A. Belousova (2004), The application of laser ablationinductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to in situ U-Pb zircon geochronology, Chem. Geol., 211(1-2), 47-69, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.017. (Pubitemid 39250438)
16. Koŝler, J., and P. J. Sylvester (2003), Present trends and the future of zircon in geochronology: Laser ablation ICPMS, Rev. Mineral. Geochem., 53, 243-275, doi:10.2113/0530243.
17. Koŝler, J., H. Fonneland, P. Sylvester, M. Tubrett, and R. B. Pedersen (2002), U-Pb dating of detrital zircons for sediment provenance studies-A comparison of laser ablation ICPMS and SIMS techniques, Chem. Geol., 182(2-4), 605-618, doi:10.1016/S0009-2541(01)00341-2. (Pubitemid 34213148)
18. Krogh, T. E. (1982), Improved accuracy of U-Pb zircon ages by the creation of more concordant systems using an air abrasion technique, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 46(4), 637-649, doi:10.1016/0016-7037(82)90165-X.
19. Larsen, L. H., and A. Poldervaart (1957), Measurement and distribution of zircons in some granitic rocks of magmatic origin, Mineral. Mag., 31, 544-564, doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.031.238.03.
20. Ledent, D., C. Patterson, and G. R. Tilton (1964), Ages of zircon and feldspar concentrates from North American beach and river sands, J. Geol., 72(1), 112-122, doi:10.1086/626967.
21. Link, P. K., C. M. Fanning, and L. P. Beranek (2005), Reliability and longitudinal change of detrital-zircon age spectra in the Snake River system, Idaho and Wyoming: An example of reproducing the bumpy barcode, Sediment. Geol., 182(1-4), 101-142, doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.07.012. (Pubitemid 43012844)
22. Ludwig, K. R. (2003), User's manual for Isoplot v. 3.00, a geochronological toolkit for Microsoft Excel, Spec. Publ. 4, Berkeley Geochronol. Cent., Berkeley, Calif.
23. Moecher, D. P., and S. D. Samson (2006), Differential zircon fertility of source terranes and natural bias in the detrital zircon record: Implications for sedimentary provenance analysis, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 247(3-4), 252-266, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.035. (Pubitemid 43982130)
24. Oliver, G. J. H., S. A. Wilde, and Y. S. Wan (2008), Geochronology and geodynamics of Scottish granitoids from the late Neoproterozoic break-up of Rodinia to Palaeozoic collision, J. Geol. Soc., 165, 661-674, doi:10.1144/0016-76492007-105.
25. Paces, J. B., and J. D. Miller (1993), Precise U-Pb ages of Duluth Complex and related mafic intrusions, northeastern Minnesota: Geochronological insights to physical, petrogenetic, paleomagnetic, and tectonomagmatic processes associated with the 1.1 Ga Midcontinent Rift system, J. Geophys. Res., 98(B8), 13,997-14,013, doi:10.1029/93JB01159.
26. Pedersen, R. B., G. R. Dunning, and B. Robins (1989), U-Pb ages of nepheline syenite pegmatites from the Seiland Magmatic Province, N Norway, in The Caledonide Geology of Scandinavia, pp. 3-5, Graham and Trotman, London.
27. Sambridge, M. S., and W. Compston (1994), Mixture modeling of multicomponent data sets with application to ion-probe zircon ages, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 128(3-4), 373-390, doi:10.1016/0012-821X(94)90157-0.
28. Sircombe, K. N. (2000), The usefulness and limitations of binned frequency histograms and probability density distributions for displaying absolute age data; Radiogenic age and isotopic studies: Report 13, Geol. Surv. Can. Curr. Res., F2, 1-11, doi:10.4095/211625.
29. Sircombe, K. N., and R. A. Stern (2002), An investigation of artificial biasing in detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology due to magnetic separation in sample preparation, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 66(13), 2379-2397, doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(02)00839-6. (Pubitemid 34829779)
30. Sircombe, K. N., and M. L. Hazelton (2004), Comparison of detrital zircon age distributions by kernel functional estimation, Sediment. Geol., 171(1-4), 91-111, doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.05.012. (Pubitemid 39308150)
31. Sircombe, K. N., W. Bleeker, and R. A. Stern (2001), Detrital zircon geochronology and grain-size analysis of a similar to 2800 Ma Mesoarchean proto-cratonic cover succession, Slave Province, Canada, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 189(3-4), 207-220, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00363-6. (Pubitemid 32710506)
32. Sláma, J., et al. (2008), Plesovice zircon-A new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis, Chem. Geol., 249(1-2), 1-35, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.11.005.
33. Tatsumoto, M., and C. Patterson (1964), Age studies of zircon and feldspar concentrates from the Franconia sandstone, J. Geol., 72(2), 232, doi:10.1086/626978.
34. Vermeesch, P. (2004), How many grains are needed for a provenance study?, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 224(3-4), 441-451, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.037. (Pubitemid 39102617)
35. Wiedenbeck, M., P. Alle, F. Corfu, W. L. Griffin, M. Meier, F. Oberli, A. Vonquadt, J. C. Roddick, and W. Speigel (1995), 3 natural zircon standards for U-Th-Pb, Lu-Hf, traceelement and ree analyses, Geostand. Newsl., 19(1), 1-23, doi:10.1111/j.1751-908X.1995.tb00147.x.