Search Results - "MacLennan, Scott"
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Polyphase Zircon Growth during Slow Cooling from Ultrahigh Temperature: an Example from the Archean Pikwitonei Granulite Domain
Published in Journal of petrology (01-01-2020)“…Abstract Quantifying the timescales of Archean ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphism is essential for constraining the style of plate tectonics on the early…”
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Geologic evidence for an icehouse Earth before the Sturtian global glaciation
Published in Science advances (01-06-2020)“…Tropical glaciers imply that Earth was already cold before the first Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth. Snowball Earth episodes, times when the planet was covered…”
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From a proximal-deposition-dominated basin sink to a significant sediment source to the Chinese Loess Plateau: Insight from the quantitative provenance analysis on the Cenozoic sediments in the Qaidam basin, northern Tibetan Plateau
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (15-10-2020)“…•Kunlun Shan is the primary sediment source of Paleogene strata for SW Qaidam Basin.•Topography separated the Qaidam Basin from the Hoh Xil Basin in the…”
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Reliability of detrital marine sediments as proxy for continental crust composition: The effects of hydrodynamic sorting on Ti and Zr isotope systematics
Published in Geochimica et cosmochimica acta (01-10-2021)“…The isotopic composition of the detrital sediment record harbours a valuable proxy for estimating the composition of the erodible upper crust since the…”
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Paleogeography and high-precision geochronology of the Neoarchean Fortescue Group, Pilbara, Western Australia
Published in Precambrian research (15-08-2023)“…[Display omitted] •We present 6 paleomagnetic poles and 4 U-Pb ID-TIMS ages for the Fortescue Group.•At ∼2.77 Ma we estimate minimum rates from 23 ± 20 cm/a to…”
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Titanium and iron isotopic records of granitoid crust production in diverse Archean cratons
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (15-10-2023)“…Archean granitoid provides critical clues on how Earth's felsic crust was established and its geodynamics evolved. In this study, we present Fe-Ti isotope and…”
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Extremely rapid, yet noncatastrophic, preservation of the flattened-feathered and 3D dinosaurs of the Early Cretaceous of China
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-11-2024)“…Northeast China’s Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation preserves spectacular fossils that have proved extraordinarily important in testing evolutionary hypotheses…”
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Temperature and co-crystallization effects on Zr isotopes
Published in Geochimica et cosmochimica acta (01-07-2023)“…We undertook Zr isotope measurements on zircon, titanite, biotite, amphibole, and whole rocks from the La Posta pluton (Peninsular Ranges, southern California)…”
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Geochemical Reservoirs and Timing of Sulfur Cycling on Mars
Published in Space science reviews (01-01-2013)“…Sulfate-dominated sedimentary deposits are widespread on the surface of Mars, which contrasts with the rarity of carbonate deposits, and indicates surface…”
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GHR1 Zircon – A New Eocene Natural Reference Material for Microbeam U‐Pb Geochronology and Hf Isotopic Analysis of Zircon
Published in Geostandards and geoanalytical research (01-03-2019)“…We present multitechnique U‐Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic data from zircon separated from rapakivi biotite granite within the Eocene Golden Horn batholith…”
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Temporal Constraints on Archean Crustal Geodynamics and Neoproterozoic Glaciation
Published 01-01-2019“…Secular cooling of Earth's mantle today is achieved via convection, and conductive heat loss through the lithosphere. The formation of the oceanic lithosphere…”
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GHR 1 Zircon – A New Eocene Natural Reference Material for Microbeam U‐Pb Geochronology and Hf Isotopic Analysis of Zircon
Published in Geostandards and geoanalytical research (01-03-2019)“…We present multitechnique U‐Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic data from zircon separated from rapakivi biotite granite within the Eocene Golden Horn batholith…”
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THE CONDENSATION OF CERTAIN METHYLKETONES WITH ISATIN BY THE KNOEVENAGEL METHOD
Published 01-01-1932“…The purpose of this investigation has been to study the condensation reactions of Isatin with certain methyl ketones by means of mild condensing agents of the…”
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