Check out the new textbook, to which I contributed a chapter on U-Th-Pb geochronology, entitled Geochronology and Thermochronology, by Peter Reiners et al., published by AGU and Wiley. Here is the link on…
In December 2013, a research team from the Department of Geosciences traveled to central India in order to address one of the most captivating questions in Earth history: what was the cause of the dinosaur-eradicating Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) mass extinction ca. 65 million years ago? The group included Profs. Blair Schoene and Gerta Keller;…
Dr. Blair Schoene, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences of Princeton University named 2013 Clarke Medalist (https://www.geochemsoc.org/honors/awards/fw-clarke). The Clarke award honours a young scientist for a single scientific contribution or -alternatively - for…
Laboratory Blog
Bring in the new year with our EOS piece that summarizes the findings of an NSF sponsored inquiry into the state of geochronology in the US, published in full last February.
Tired of that old Taxi Driver poster on your wall left over from your freshman dorm room? Why not upgrade to this poster, which outlines the traceability of U-Pb geochronology to SI units. It is related to our recent papers published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (Condon et al., and McLean et al.,…
I've been part of an NSF funded team charged with the task of putting together a report characterizing the status of geochronology in the US with a vision to the future. It's done, download it here
Check out the news stories related to our new paper on geochronology of the Deccan traps and the relationship to the dino-die-off:
Check out the youtube channel featuring all the keynote talks for the recent Pardee symposium at GSA in Vancouver in October, featuring a talk by yours truly on the geochronology of mass extinction events. Click here
Congrats to group member Jon Husson for defending his PhD!!
See the press associated with the recent paper by Brenhin Keller and myself released today in Nature:
Princeton University press release: click here