scholarly journals The closure temperature(s) of zircon Raman dating

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birk Härtel ◽  
Raymond Jonckheere ◽  
Bastian Wauschkuhn ◽  
Lothar Ratschbacher

Abstract. We conducted isochronal and isothermal annealing experiments on radiation-damaged zircons between 500 and 1000 °C for durations between ten minutes and five days. We measured the widths (Γ) and positions (ω) of the internal ν1(SiO4), ν2(SiO4), ν3(SiO4), and external rotation Raman bands at ~ 974, 438, 1008, and 356 cm−1. We fitted a Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov and a distributed activation energy model to the fractional annealing data, calculated from the widths of the ν2(SiO4), ν3(SiO4), and external rotation bands. From the kinetic models, we determined closure temperatures Tc for damage accumulation for each Raman band. Tc range from 330 to 370 °C for the internal ν2(SiO4) and ν3(SiO4) bands; the external rotation band is more sensitive to thermal annealing (Tc ~ 260 to 310 °C). Our estimates are in general agreement with previous ones, but more geological evidence is needed to validate the results. The Tc difference for the different Raman bands offers the prospect of a multi-closure-temperature zircon Raman thermochronometer.

Geochronology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-272
Author(s):  
Birk Härtel ◽  
Raymond Jonckheere ◽  
Bastian Wauschkuhn ◽  
Lothar Ratschbacher

Abstract. Zircon Raman dating based on irradiation damage is a debated concept but not an established geo-/thermochronological method. One issue is the temperature range of radiation-damage annealing over geological timescales. We conducted isochronal and isothermal annealing experiments on radiation-damaged zircons between 500 and 1000 ∘C for durations between 10 min and 5 d to describe the annealing kinetics. We measured the widths (Γ) and positions (ω) of the ν1(SiO4), ν2(SiO4), and ν3(SiO4) internal Raman bands, and the external rotation Raman band at ∼974, 438, 1008, and 356 cm−1 after each annealing step. We fitted a Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov and a distributed activation energy model to the fractional annealing data, calculated from the widths of the ν2(SiO4), ν3(SiO4), and external rotation bands. From the kinetic models, we determined closure temperatures Tc for damage accumulation for each Raman band. Tc ranges from 330 to 370 ∘C for the internal ν2(SiO4) and ν3(SiO4) bands; the external rotation band is more sensitive to thermal annealing (Tc∼260 to 310 ∘C). Our estimates are in general agreement with previous ones, but more geological evidence is needed to validate the results. The Tc difference for the different Raman bands offers the prospect of a multi-closure-temperature zircon Raman thermochronometer.


ACS Omega ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (17) ◽  
pp. 11436-11446
Author(s):  
Yui Numazawa ◽  
Yuki Hara ◽  
Yoshiya Matsukawa ◽  
Yohsuke Matsushita ◽  
Hideyuki Aoki ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 1403-1410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedetta de Caprariis ◽  
Maria Laura Santarelli ◽  
Marco Scarsella ◽  
Carlos Herce ◽  
Nicola Verdone ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
С.В. Пляцко ◽  
Л.В. Рашковецкий

AbstractThe effect of a fast neutron flux (Φ = 10^14–10^15 cm^–2) on the electrical and photoluminescence properties of p -CdZnTe single crystals is studied. Isothermal annealing is performed ( T = 400–500 K), and the activation energy of the dissociation of radiation-induced defects is determined at E _D ≈ 0.75 eV.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bemgba Bevan Nyakuma ◽  
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Arshad Ahmad ◽  
Anwar Johari ◽  
Tuan Amran Tuan Abdullah ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 144-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Hua Chen ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Wen Ping Chang ◽  
Xiao Biao Jia

The thermal decomposition kinetics of RDX at different rates was studied by thermogravimetric analyzer(TG) and the activation energy of RDX was calculated by distributed activation energy model. It is shown that the thermal decomposition processes of RDX were divided into three stages according to the TG curves, they are molten stage, thermal decomposition stage and eng stage. The activation energies of RDX are all between 124.34 and 181.48KJ•mol-1 in the thermal decomposition stage of non-monotonously increasing. The activation energy of RDX is 139.98 KJ•mol-1 in the molten stage, and the thermal decomposition stage is167.24KJ•mol-1.


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