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Faculty and Staff
Facilities: The
Geochronology Facility at Stanford houses a unique array of intrumentation,
including: Stanford/USGS
SHRIMP-RG Laboratory
The SHRIMP-RG (Sensitive
High-Resolution Ion Microprobe - Reverse Geometry) enables
high-spatial resolution analyses of minerals and other solids
for isotope geochemistry, geochronology and trace elements. Noble
Gas & Thermochronology Laboratory
The noble gas
laboratory includes a new 40-Ar/39-Ar mass spectrometer and
state-of-the art extraction line.
ICP-MS & TIMS
Laboratory
The ICP-MS/TIMS laboratory includes a high-resolution
ICP-MS, a multi-collector ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometer), and Finnegan-MAT 262 TIMS (Thermal Ionization Mass
Spectrometer)
Fission
Track Thermochronology Laboratory
Support facilities
include a new isotope clan lab facility, and a new lab
for mineral separation, optical and cathodoluminescence imaging,
SEM/EDAX and more.
We Study:
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Uplift and erosion histories and their relation to tectonics
- Paleoclimate and surficial processes
- Faulting and landform evolution
- Rates of geologic processes
- Source uplift, sediment transport to basins and provenance
studies
- High-precision dating of stratigraphic and volcanic sequences
- Calibration of geologic and geomagnetic timescales
- High-precision dating of magmatic systems and metallogenic
processes
- P-T-t paths of the crust during orogenesis
- Age and P-T-t history of ultra high pressure metamorphic
rocks
- Crustal evolution and recycling
- Chronology of plate tectonic reconstructions
- Time-space patterns of regional magmatism, deformation and
metamorphism
- Calibration of mineral pairs, multi-technique geochronology
and thermochronology
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