Fission-track dating
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Fission-track dating
（Solid earth sciences library, v. 6）
Kluwer, c1992
Available at 12 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-274) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Fission track dating is based on the microscopic observation and counting of etchable tracks left by the spontaneous fission of uranium in minerals. Since its development in 1963 the method attracted a steadily growing interest from geologists and geochronologists throughout the world. Apart from its relative experimental ease the success must be mainly ascribed to the specific ability of the method of unravelling the thermal and tectonic history of rocks, a potential which only became fully exploited during the last decade with the systematic introduction of track size analysis. This work deals with fission track dating covering all of its aspects from the origin of the fission tracks, the basis of track etching and fading, the various dating techniques as well as practical procedures and the geologic interpretation to recent applications in geology and archaeology.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Particle tracks and fission-tracks. Part 2: Track revelation and observation. Part 3: Fission-track dating method. Part 4: Fading of fission-tracks. Part 5: Geological interpretation. Part 6: Applicability. Part 7: Application. Appendices: etching properties
- annealing properties of fission-tracks in minerals
- fundamentals of error calculation in fission-track dating.
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