Book review: Advances in 40Ar/39Ar dating: From archaeology to planetary sciences

The recently published book Advances in ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Dating: From Archaeology to Planetary Sciences is a collection of 24 chapters authored by international scientists on topics ranging from decay constants to ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of extraterrestrial objects. As stated by the editors in their introduction, these chapters were assembled with the goal of providing technique-specific examples highlighting recent advances in the field of ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating. As this is the first book truly dedicated to ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating since the second edition printing of the argon geochronologist’s handbook Geochronology and Thermochronology by the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Method (McDougall and Harrison 1999), a new collection of chapters highlighting recent advances in ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology offers much to the interested reader.