Geochronological, isotope, and geochemical data from magmatic and detrital samples of the Zimbabwe craton – Tracking Archean Crustal Growth of the Zimbabwe Craton through an integrated geochronology-isotope approach

These datasets include: 1) U-Pb geochronological data obtained in-situ using a mass spectrometer HR-ICP-MS (ThermoFinnigan Element2) coupled with a Teledyne Analyte Excite 193nm excimer laser, 2) Lu-Hf isotope data obtained in-situ using the ThermoFinnigan Neptune Plus MC-ICP-MS coupled to a Teledyne Analyte Excite 193nm excimer, 3) major and trace-element compositions of bulk-rock samples obtained through XRF and ICPMS, 4) trace element compositions of detrital zircon from modern sediments obtained in-situ using a mass spectrometer HR-ICP-MS (Element2). The zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope data, as well as trace element compositions of detrital zircon, were obtained at the Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Laboratory (RIGL) at Washington State University. Bulk-rock chemistry was obtained at the Peter Hooper GeoAnalytical Lab at Washington State University.

本数据集包含如下四类数据：
1) 采用高分辨电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, HR-ICP-MS, ThermoFinnigan Element2）与Teledyne Analyte Excite 193nm准分子激光联用原位测定的U-Pb地质年代学数据；
2) 采用ThermoFinnigan Neptune Plus多接收电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, MC-ICP-MS）与Teledyne Analyte Excite 193nm准分子激光联用原位测定的Lu-Hf同位素数据；
3) 通过X射线荧光光谱法（X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, XRF）与电感耦合等离子体质谱法（Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, ICPMS）测定的全岩样品主量与微量元素组成数据；
4) 采用高分辨电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（HR-ICP-MS, Element2）原位测定的现代沉积物中碎屑锆石微量元素组成数据。
其中，锆石U-Pb、Lu-Hf同位素数据以及碎屑锆石微量元素组成数据均采集自华盛顿州立大学放射成因同位素与地质年代学实验室（Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Laboratory, RIGL）；全岩地球化学数据则采集自华盛顿州立大学Peter Hooper地球分析实验室。