Project information
HARLEY, Prof. Simon
University of Edinburgh
Davis, Larsemann Hills ASMA, Law Base, Prydz Bay, Rauer Islands, Vestfold Hills
Project aim
Relating ages, determined using the decay of radioactive elements in minerals, to geological events is central to understanding mountain building and continental evolution. This research will use carefully sampled rocks from Antarctica to improve current estimates of the distribution of elements that occur at only trace (parts per million) concentrations between the key mineral used in dating, zircon, and the common mineral garnet. This information will then be used to link zircon ages to the major events and processes that occurred during the assembly of ancient pieces of crust to form what is now East Antarctica, and other continents.
Related publications
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Zircon behaviour and the thermal history of mountain chains Elements, 3, 'Zircon - tiny but timely' issue, 2007
(Ref: 13822)
Authors:Category 4: Popular articles
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Zircon - tiny but timely Elements, 3, 'Zircon - tiny but timely' issue, 2007
(Ref: 13821)
Authors:Category 4: Popular articles
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Refining the P-T records of UHT crustal metamorphism Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2008
(Ref: 13824)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Ancient Antarctica: the Archaean of Antarctica Developments in Precambrian Geology, V. 15: Earth's Oldest Rocks, 2007
(Ref: 13823)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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The impact of zircon-garnet REE distribution data on the interpretation of zircon U-Pb ages in complex high-grade terrains: An example from the Rauer Islands, East Antarctica Chemical Geology, 2007
(Ref: 13820)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature