@article{gledocs_11858_11179, author = {Shi, Guanzhong and Shen, Chuanbo and Wauschkuhn, Bastian and Härtel, Birk and Ratschbacher, Lothar and Xia, Bin and Ge, Xiang and Zeng, Xiaowei and Fu, Hongyang}, title = {A zircon classification scheme for sedimentary provenance analysis using radiation damage}, year = {2023-04-10}, volume = {58}, number = {8}, pages = {3087-3095}, publisher = {John Wiley & Sons, Inc.}, publisher = {Hoboken, USA}, abstract = {

Detrital single‐grain zircon U–Pb geochronology is a powerful tool for provenance studies if information on the source rocks is available. This paper proposes a new source‐rock classification tool that uses the degree of annealing of radiation damage in detrital zircon; the annealing is expressed by the relationship between the width (full‐width at half‐maximum; FWHM) of the v3[SiO4] Raman band at ~1008 cm−1 and the calculated α‐dose. The host rocks of the zircons are classified into three types according to their emplacement process and/or thermal history: volcanic and rapidly cooled plutonic and high‐grade metamorphic rocks (type 1); rocks with hydrothermal zircons (type 2); slowly cooled igneous and metamorphic rocks (type 3). We construct a naive Bayes prediction model by training it with a collection of zircons of known types. The unknown zircons are assigned a probability of derivation from a specific host‐rock type. This classification scheme is best used as an accessory tool in provenance studies that apply detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology.

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