Areas of the application of the fission-track dating technique
Abstract
The application of the fission-track dating technique to Cenozoic volcanic formations is discussed, and it is shown that this technique is particularly suitable when the potassium-argon technique cannot be used. Also considered is the application of the fission-track technique to evaluate the time and temperature regime of relatively recent thermal events such as the slight metamorphism of young deposits, the displacement of tectonic blocks in the crust, and contact metamorphism.
- Publication:
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Leningrad, Izdatel'stvo Nauka
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987IzLen.......84K
- Keywords:
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- Fission;
- Geochronology;
- Particle Tracks;
- Radioactive Age Determination;
- Volcanology;
- Metamorphism (Geology);
- Minerals;
- Rocks;
- Tectonics;
- Geophysics