
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Research Interests: argon geochronology, as applied to metamorphic petrology, tectonics, diagenetic processes, volcanology, isotope provenance, tephrachronology, time scale research.

Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Université de Toulouse, IRD, CNRS, 31400 Toulouse, France.
Research Interests: Datation; Tectonics; Relief; Mineralization; Paleoenvironment.

V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyug Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.
Research Interests: U/Pb and 40Ar/39Ar dating; thermochronology; collisional tectogenesis; metamorphic complexes; granitoid batholith; noble- and rare-metal ore-magmatic systems; Central Asia.