In-situ analyses of zircon and other minerals: Contributions to the Asian geology and tectonics

摘要

Various techniques for in-situ isotopic analyses have been available at least for a couple of decades, but it has not beenexactly so in the Korean community. In order to not only lessen this gap but also celebrate the introduction of a sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) into Korea, we organized a theme session at Busan during the 2008 AOGS Meeting, entitled as “In-situ dating of zircon and other accessory minerals: Contributions to the Asian geology and tectonics”. This session has gained much attentionfrom the AOGS participants and resulted in this Special Issue in Geosciences Journal. In the mean time, the Korean SHRIMP has been successfully installed at the Korean Basic Science Institute (KBSI) in November, 2008, as planned, and ready for external researchers to use it for their own or cooperative project (for further details, refer to http://shrimp.kbsi.re.kr/). We hope this issue introduces a variety of in-situ analytical technique available at the present time which may help East Asian community, including Korean colleagues, to step forward in understanding the tectonics and other related fields in Asia.