Geol.841   FISSION TRACK DATING OF ROCKS AND MINERALS   (3 C.H)

Fission-track dating method: natural tracks and their origin, principles of dating methods: fundamental age equation, practical age equation, dating systems and their calibration, dating procedures and techniques, practical considerations, data analysis and error calculations, age standards and accuracy of age determination, data presentation.
Fading of fission tracks: causes of track fading, track annealing under experimental conditions, track stability under natural conditions.
Geological interpretation: partial annealing and effective retention of tracks, types of fission track ages, correction of track fading.
Application: tephrochronology, post-orogenic uplift of mountain belts, age and amount of displacement along faults, thermal evolution of sedimentary basins, age and thermal history of ore deposits, meteoroid impacts, sea-floor spreading, archaeological applications.

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