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thermochronology

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  • noun geology A form of radiometric dating used to estimate the time since a rock solidified

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  • U-Pb zircon SHRIMP dating, and muscovite, biotite and K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology indicate that sinistral shear along the Xingxingxia shear zone initiated at about 240-235 million years ago, broadly at the same time as initial formation of the Altyn Tagh fault zone, but later than initiation of dextral strike-slip motion along the ~east-west-trending eastern Tianshan orogenic belt at about 270-245 million years ago.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • U-Pb zircon SHRIMP dating, and muscovite, biotite and K-feldspar 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology indicate that sinistral shear along the Xingxingxia shear zone initiated at about 240-235 million years ago, broadly at the same time as initial formation of the Altyn Tagh fault zone, but later than initiation of dextral strike-slip motion along the ~east-west-trending eastern Tianshan orogenic belt at about 270-245 million years ago.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Many leading scientists in the noble gas thermochronology field use more complex diffusion models that take this effect into account.

    Reasons to Believe - dcarree 2009

  • This type of model has been used by several leading scientists in the noble gas thermochronology field (see for example:

    Reasons to Believe - 2009

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