The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME) is ...
U-Pb dating is the frequently employed age-determination method in igneous and metamorphic rock research. U-Pb data is unique due to the long-lived nature of its target minerals and the materials’ ...