Detrital zircon geochronology and processes in accretionary wedges

The detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology has been widely employed to analyze accretionary wedges over the past decade. The goal of this paper is, first, to briefly review this rapidly growing field of research and then to explore the exciting potential of the detrital zircon geochronology for interpreting processes in accretionary wedges. A few general conclusions may be derived especially from examples along the Circum-Pacific Belt as well as...