SUERC awarded the EARTHTIME 205Pb-233U-235U tracer solution, First SUERC high-precision U-Pb study published, SUERC Postgraduate Student, Jack Carter, has published his first paper from his PhD research. , SELFRAG facility coming soon to SUERC

SUERC awarded the EARTHTIME 205Pb-233U-235U tracer solution

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:25:00 BST

25 Aug

SELFRAG facility coming soon to SUERC

Darren Mark and Dan Barfod have been awarded £300k by the Natural Environment Research Council for development of a SELFRAG facility at SUERC.
25 Aug

SUERC awarded EARTHTIME 5-3-5 tracer solution

Darren Mark, Anne Kelly and Vincent Gallagher application for the EARTHTIME 5-3-5 tracer solution successful. The tracer is expected to arrive at SUERC autumn 2020 and will allow for significant improvements in accuracy and precision for U-Pb ages owing to improved fractionation control during mass spectrometric measurement.
25 Aug

First SUERC high-precision U-Pb study published

Darren Mark along with Vincent Gallagher and Anne Kelly have published the first high-precision zircon U-Pb age data collected at SUERC in our new geochronology suite. The CA-ID-TIMS measurements were made using our 205Pb-235U inhouse spike and provide age constraints for key fossil-bearing sequences within Wales.
25 Aug

Jack Carter first paper

Jack along with Marissa Tremblay and Darren Mark present a Bayesian method for the analysis and interpretation of 40Ar/39Ar step-heating spectra that result from mixing of multiple components, where a component is defined by both its age and mineral composition. This is the first of three papers that Jack will publish in the next few months.
27 Jan

Behind the Paper: Carbon Isotopes Fight Rise in Fraudulent Scotch Whisky

The history behind the SUERC Radiocarbon Laboratory's recent work on detecting fake whisky.