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U-Th-He dating of native gold : First results, problems, and outlooks. / Yakubovich, O. V.; Shukolyukov, Yu. A.; Kotov, A. B.; Brauns, M.; Samsonov, A. V.; Komarov, A. N.; Yakovleva, S. Z.; Sal'nikova, E. B.; Gorokhovskii, B. M.
In: Petrology, Vol. 22, No. 5, 09.2014, p. 429-437.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - U-Th-He dating of native gold
T2 - First results, problems, and outlooks
AU - Yakubovich, O. V.
AU - Shukolyukov, Yu. A.
AU - Kotov, A. B.
AU - Brauns, M.
AU - Samsonov, A. V.
AU - Komarov, A. N.
AU - Yakovleva, S. Z.
AU - Sal'nikova, E. B.
AU - Gorokhovskii, B. M.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - In this paper, we consider the application of the U-Th-He method of isotope geochronology for native gold dating. It was shown that inclusions of uranium- and thorium-bearing minerals, including rare earth element phosphates, are one of the main form of uranium and thorium occurrence and, consequently, the main source of radiogenic helium in native gold. Since these inclusions are submicrometer-sized, the radiogenic helium formed in them is not accumulated but implanted in the structure of native gold, which suggests its good preservation over billions of years. This suggestion was experimentally supported by the investigation of the kinetics of radiogenic helium release from native gold. The first results of the U-Th-He dating of native gold from the Pedrolampi (central Karelia) and Witwatersrand (South Africa) deposits are in adequate agreement with available independent geochronological data. This allows us to consider native gold as a U-Th-He mineral geochronometer for the direct dating of ore-forming processes.
AB - In this paper, we consider the application of the U-Th-He method of isotope geochronology for native gold dating. It was shown that inclusions of uranium- and thorium-bearing minerals, including rare earth element phosphates, are one of the main form of uranium and thorium occurrence and, consequently, the main source of radiogenic helium in native gold. Since these inclusions are submicrometer-sized, the radiogenic helium formed in them is not accumulated but implanted in the structure of native gold, which suggests its good preservation over billions of years. This suggestion was experimentally supported by the investigation of the kinetics of radiogenic helium release from native gold. The first results of the U-Th-He dating of native gold from the Pedrolampi (central Karelia) and Witwatersrand (South Africa) deposits are in adequate agreement with available independent geochronological data. This allows us to consider native gold as a U-Th-He mineral geochronometer for the direct dating of ore-forming processes.
KW - PT-190-HE-4 METHOD
KW - BALTIC SHIELD
KW - AGE
KW - STABILITY
KW - ZIRCON
KW - SYSTEM
KW - MINERALIZATION
KW - TEMPERATURE
KW - APATITE
KW - CRATON
U2 - 10.1134/S0869591114050075
DO - 10.1134/S0869591114050075
M3 - статья
VL - 22
SP - 429
EP - 437
JO - Petrology
JF - Petrology
SN - 0869-5911
IS - 5
ER -
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