Abstract:
Age, oxygen isotope and trace element data for Jack Hills detrital zircons. Samples: 01JH-12 (mounts ERC-2 to -10). Trace elements are also reported for zircons from 01JH-13(a,b), -36, -42, -47, -54(a,b), -60(a,b), and W-74-3 and -4. With ages between 4.4 and 3.0 Ga, these are some of the oldest solid samples from Earth.
How to cite this dataset:
Valley, J. W., Blum, T. B., Kitajima, K., Shimizu, K., Spicuzza, M. J., Gonzalez, J. P., Kita, N. T., Bauer, A. M., Sobolev, S. V., Jain, C., Cavosie, A. J., Sobolev, A. V., 2026. Age, oxygen isotope and trace element data for Jack Hills detrital zircons, Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA).
https://doi.org/10.60520/IEDA/114181. Accessed 2026-01-19.
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Cavosie AJ, Wilde SA, Liu D, Valley JW, Weiblen PW (2004) Internal zoning and U-Th-Pb chemistry of the Jack Hills detrital zircons: a mineral record of early Archean to Mesoproterozoic (4348-1576 Ma) magmatism. Precambrian Research, 135, 251-279. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2004.09.001;
Wilde SA, Valley JW, Peck WH, and Graham CM (2001) Evidence from detrital zircons for the Existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago. Nature, 409, 175-178.
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Detrital zircons, Hadean, Archean, trace lements, oxygen isotopes, age