Divining Burial and Thermal Histories from Indicator Data: Application &amp; Limitations

Giles, M. R.; Indrelid, Svein

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“…The fundamentals and theory of AFT thermochronology are discussed in this volume by Donelick et al (2005) and Tagami et al (2005) and by other recent reviews (e.g., Gleadow et al (2002). Furthermore, the application of AFT thermochronology to sedimentary basins in Thermochronometers in Sedimentary Basins 5 particular has been outlined by several papers in the last couple decades (Gleadow et al 1983;Green et al 1989a;Naeser et al 1989;Naeser 1993;Giles and Indrelid 1998).…”

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“…Past reviews of thermochronometer use in sedimentary basins are given by Naeser et al (1989), Green et al (1989a), Naeser (1993), and Giles and Indrelid (1998). Rather than review each study of thermochronometer use in sedimentary basins during the last decade, in this chapter some of the fundamental concepts used to evaluate the present-day thermal fi eld for sedimentary basins, how a basin analyst would evaluate and combine burial and thermal histories, and the main thermochronometers used in sedimentary basin analysis are summarized.…”

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Thermochronometers in Sedimentary Basins

Armstrong

2005

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

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Present-day temperatures and paleotemperatures help constrain models of processes that occur within and below sedimentary basins. These temperatures, and their thermochronologic signatures, are the net result of several different thermal and tectonic processes taking place at different spatial and temporal scales. Armstrong and Chapman (1998) broadly group these processes into six categories: (1) variations in basal heat fl ow that might be due to lateral temperature changes in the mantle; (2) vertical and/or lateral changes in rock properties such as 19_Armstrong.indd 1

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Thermochronometers in Sedimentary Basins

Armstrong

2005

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

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Apatite fission track thermochronology: an overview of its potential and limitations in geomorphology

Gunnell

2000

Basin Research

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The specific time window of apatite fission track thermochronology (AFTT) places it in a unique position to offer continuous time-temperature baseline histories for relatively stable shield, rift and passive margin environments, spanning several geological eras. Fission tracks anneal partially at temperatures between #110°C and #60°C and thereby provide information on residence times within specific levels of the crust. Most samples collected from these terrains, however, are usually found to have cooled out of the apatite partial annealing zone (APAZ) by the mid-Cenozoic at the latest. Owing to the stability, at geological timescales, of tracks at temperatures <60°C (i.e. within depths of 0-2.5 km at normal geothermal gradients), a significant loss of resolution must therefore be reckoned with at shallow, although geomorphologically crucial, crustal depths. Indeed, the Neogene and Quaternary are understood to have been most influential in generating the scenery of today, and a use of radiometric and stratigraphic techniques in a nested, multisystem approach can assist in bridging the resolution gap. This paper examines and illustrates, mostly with original examples, the uses and limitations of AFTT in addressing the response of Earth surface systems to event patterns in global tectonics, the controls of lithology and structure on denudation rates, the origin and evolution of passive margin escarpments, the mass-balanced reconstruction of palaeoelief, the use of apatites as tracers for understanding provenance in sediment routing systems, and the tempo (or episodicity) of denudation as postulated by W. M. Davis' canons of the 'geographical cycle'. Alongside efforts towards standardizing the supply of analytically robust AFT results in the laboratory, a more standardized geoscientific interpretation of AFT data is also desirable in order to build a consistent world base of geomorphic rates which can be made available to -and used with confidence by -non-AFTT specialists.sample population of tracks counted and measured in a PO Box 33,

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Divining Burial and Thermal Histories from Indicator Data: Application & Limitations

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Thermochronometers in Sedimentary Basins

Thermochronometers in Sedimentary Basins

Apatite fission track thermochronology: an overview of its potential and limitations in geomorphology

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