Figure 1: Trace element cumulative frequency diagrams for zircons from I- and S-type granites of the Lachlan Fold Belt, and from the Jack Hills. Figure 2: Relationship between the concentrations ...

"Dating zircon grains using ... techniques is now celebrated as the optimal method for determining when igneous rocks formed," the report said. The technique involves measuring the decay of ...

"Dating zircon grains using ... techniques is now celebrated as the optimal method for determining when igneous rocks formed," the report said. The technique involves measuring the decay of ...

The mineral zircon is usually found as tiny crystals within igneous rocks like granite and its volcanic twin rhyolite. Zircon is, in many ways, a geologist’s best friend. It forms a closed ...