Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. James Darling
Geochronology
Zircon & Accessory Phase Laboratory
Office: BGS 1000E
Phone: 519-661-2111 x.82253
Fax: 519-661-3198
Email: jdarli5@uwo.ca
Research Interests
My research aims to better understand the
origin and early evolution of the Earth's crust, the role of meteorite impacts
in shaping planetary crusts, and the processes that lead to major deposits of
critical metals for sustainable technologies. A combination of field work, petrology,
surface science techniques and isotope geochemistry are utilized to tackle
these issues. Much of this research involves understanding of the behaviour of
accessory mineral phases (e.g. zircon, baddeleyite, allanite), and the detailed
geochemical information that they preserve.
Selected Publications
Darling J.R., Storey C.D. and Engi M.
(2012) Allanite U-Th-Pb geochronology by laser ablation ICPMS. Chemical Geology
292-293, 103-115. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.012 Regis D., Cenki-Tok B., Darling J.R.,
Engi M. (2011) Redistribution of REE, Y, Th and U at high pressure: Allanite
forming reactions in impure meta-quartzites. American Mineralogist 97 (2). Darling J.R., Hawkesworth C.J., Storey
C.D. and Lightfoot P.C. (2010) Shallow impact: isotopic insights into crustal
contributions to the Sudbury impact melt sheet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica
Acta. vol. 74, P. 5680-5696. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.021 Darling J.R., Hawkesworth C.J., Lightfoot
P.C., Storey C.D. and Tremblay E. (2010) Isotopic heterogeneity in the Sudbury
impact melt sheet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 289, issue 3-4. P.
347-356. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.023 Darling J.R., Storey, C.D. and
Hawkesworth, C.J. (2009) Impact melt sheet zircons and their implications for
the Hadean crust. Geology, vol. 37, no. 10. P. 927-930. doi:10.1130/G30251A.1 Kemp A.I.S., Foster G.L., Schersten A.,
Whitehouse M., Darling J.R. and Storey, C.D. (2009) Concurrent Pb-Hf isotope
analysis of zircon by laser ablation multi-collector ICP-MS, with implications
for the crustal evolution of Greenland and the Himalayas. Chemical Geology,
vol. 261, issue 3-4. P. 244-260. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.019
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