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| Detrital thermochronology - Provenance analysis, exhumation, and landscape evolution of mountain belts |
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| | edited by | Matthias Bernet
Cornelia Spiegel
| | Year Published: | 2004 | | Total Pages: | 126 | | ISBN: | 0813723787 | | Product Code: | SPE378 | | Detrital thermochronology is one of the fastest-growing disciplines in geosciences today because it provides valuable insights into the long-term evolution of mountain belts and the interplay of tectonics and climate in orogenic systems. The ability to determine cooling or crystallization ages of detrital apatite, zircon, or white mica from synorogenic sediments using a variety of techniques such as fission-track, Ar-Ar, or U-Pb dating enables us to determine potential sediment source areas, reconstruct the thermal history of an orogen, calculate exhumation rates, and detect changes in topography and drainage divides. The different dating techniques can easily be combined on the same samples or with other analytical methods to obtain the maximum amount of information. This book discusses some of the fundamental aspects of detrital thermochronology and presents applications in different orogenic settings that highlight the value of this current development |
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