Introduction

JOURDAN, F., MARK, D. F. & VERATI, C. Advances in ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating: from archaeology to planetary sciences – introduction

MCDOUGALL, I. Perspectives on ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating

Methodological developments

RENNE, P. R. Some footnotes to the optimization-based calibration of the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar system

JOURDAN, F.& RENNE, P. R. Neutron-induced ³⁷Ar recoil ejection in Ca-rich minerals and implications for ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating

HALL, C. M. Direct measurement of recoil effects on ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar standards

MORGAN, L. E., MARK, D. F., IMLACH, J., BARFOD, D. & DYMOCK, R. FCs-EK: a new sampling of the Fish Canyon Tuff ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar neutron flux monitor

HERI, A. R., ROBYR, M. & VILLA, I.M. Petrology and geochronology of ‘muscovite age standard’ B4M

BARFOD, D. N., MARK, D. F., TAIT, A., DYMOCK, R. C. & IMLACH, J. Argon extraction from geological samples by CO₂ scanning laser step-heating

HARRISON, T. M. & LOVERA, O. M. The multi-diffusion domain model: past, present and future

VILLA, I. M. Diffusion of Ar in K-feldspar: Present and absent

FORSTER, M. A. & LISTER, G. S. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology and the diffusion of ³⁹Ar in phengite–muscovite intergrowths during step-heating experiments in vacuo

WARTHO, J.-A., KELLEY, S. P. & ELPHICK, S. C. Ar diffusion and solubility measurements in plagioclases using the ultra-violet laser depth-profiling technique

VERATI, C. & JOURDAN, F. Modelling effect of sericitization of plagioclase on the ⁴⁰K/⁴⁰Ar and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar chronometers: implication for dating basaltic rocks and mineral deposits

TURNER, G. & BURGESS, R. The other isotopes: research avenues based on ³⁶Ar, ³⁷Ar and ³⁸Ar

Applications: Tectonics

WANG, F., ZHU, R., HOU, Q., ZHENG, D., YANG, L., WU, L., SHI, W., FENG, H., SANG, H., ZHANG, H. & LIU, Q. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Thermochronology on Central China Orogen: Cooling, uplift and implications for orogeny dynamics

LEITNER, C., NEUBAUER, F., GENSER, J., BOROJEVIĆ -ŠOŠTARIĆ, S. & RANTITSCH, G. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of crystallization and recrystallization of rock-forming polyhalite in Alpine rocksalt deposits

BENOWITZ, J. A., LAYER, P.W. & VANLANINGHAM, S. Persistent long-term (c. 24 Ma) exhumation in the Eastern Alaska Range constrained by stacked thermochronology

DOWNING, G. E., HEMMING, S. R., JOST, A. & ROY, M. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar hornblende provenance clues about Heinrich event 3 (H3)

FLUDE, S., HALTON, A. M., KELLEY, S. P., SHERLOCK, S. C., SCHWANETHAL, J. & WILKINSON, C. M. Observation of centimetre-scale argon diffusion in alkali feldspars: implications for ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology

Applications: Volcanology

CHANG, S.-C., ZHANG, H., HEMMING, S. R., MESKO, G. T. & FANG, Y. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age constraints on the Haifanggou and Lanqi formations: When did the first flowers bloom?

VERATI, C., PATRIER-MAS, P., LARDEAUX, J. M. & BOUCHOT, V. Timing of geothermal activity in an active island-arc volcanic setting: First ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating from Bouillante geothermal field (Guadeloupe, French West Indies)

Applications: Planetary sciences

PARK, J., BOGARD, D. D., NYQUIST, L. E. & HERZOG, G. F. Issues in dating young rocks from another planet: Martian shergottites

WALTON, E. L., KELLEY, S., HERD, C. D. K. & IRVING, A. J. A laser probe ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar investigation of poikilitic shergottite NWA 4797: implications for the timing of shock metamorphism

SWINDLE, T. D., KRING, D. A. & WEIRICH, J. R. ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of impacts involving ordinary chondrite meteorites

MARK, D. F., LINDGREN, P. & FALLICK, A. E. A high-precision ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age for hydrated impact glass from the Dellen impact, Sweden