Geochronology and Thermochronology

About this book

This book is a welcome introduction and reference for users and innovators in geochronology. It provides modern perspectives on the current state-of-the art in most of the principal areas of geochronology and thermochronology, while recognizing that they are changing at a fast pace. It emphasizes fundamentals and systematics, historical perspective, analytical methods, data interpretation, and some applications chosen from the literature. This book complements existing coverage by expanding on those parts of isotope geochemistry that are concerned with dates and rates and insights into Earth and planetary science that come from temporal perspectives.

Geochronology and Thermochronology offers chapters covering: Foundations of Radioisotopic Dating; Analytical Methods; Interpretational Approaches: Making Sense of Data; Diffusion and Thermochronologic Interpretations; Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf; Re-Os and Pt-Os; U-Th-Pb Geochronology and Thermochronology; The K-Ar and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Systems; Radiation-damage Methods of Geo- and Thermochronology; The (U-Th)/He System; Uranium-series Geochronology; Cosmogenic Nuclides; and Extinct Radionuclide Chronology.

Geochronology and Thermochronology is designed for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students with a solid background in mathematics, geochemistry, and geology.

Contents

Preface, ix
1 Introduction, 1
2 Foundations of radioisotopic dating, 17
3 Analytical methods, 39
4 Interpretational approaches: making sense of data, 65
5 Diffusion and thermochronologic interpretations, 83
6 Rb–Sr, Sm–Nd, and Lu–Hf, 127
7 Re–Os and Pt–Os, 151
8 U–Th–Pb geochronology and thermochronology, 171
9 The K–Ar and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar systems, 231
10 Radiation-damage methods of geochronology and thermochronology, 259
11 The (U–Th)/He system, 291
12 Uranium-series geochronology, 365
13 Cosmogenic nuclides, 395
14 Extinct radionuclide chronology, 421

Index, 445

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