Aims & Scope

Aims:

Geochronology, Thermochronology and Time Scale Research (GTTSR) is a gold open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to becoming a worldwide forum for research on time scale issues within the Earth Sciences. We are committed to publishing original research that spans the full spectrum of chronometric techniques, focusing on time scale problems in Earth Sciences. It is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.

Scope:

Specifically, we aim to receive and publish manuscripts dealing with time in the fields of:

  • Classic Geochronology: studies focusing on deep time.
  • Thermochronology: the studies or rates of processes during active tectonics by e.g. fission track, U-Th/He, 40Ar/39Ar, and double dating techniques.
  • Petrochronology: the studies of rock-forming processes, by isotopic dating (e.g. U-Pb, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf dating).
  • Quaternary Geochronology: e.g. optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), archaeomagnetic dating, loess chronology
  • Astrochronology: Time scale solutions based on the astronomically determined insolation curve.
  • Archeochronology: dating archeological records in the recent past, with for example 14C, U-Th dating, varve and dendrochronological techniques.
  • Exposure Dating: dating of (near-)surface processes using cosmogenic nuclides.
  • Isotope Provenance Dating: using dating techniques to shed light on the origin of sediments.
  • Planetary Chronology: focusing on materials originating from extraterrestrial sources.

Novel technical advances, descriptions of novel approaches and applications bringing out the strengths of individual or combined dating techniques all would be prime subject matter for our journal.

We would welcome the whole range of article types: research reports, letters to the editor intended for rapid communications of observations with a high new impact value, and review articles synthesizing broader themes of interest.