Advances in Fission-Track Geochronology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Track Fundamentals, Dating Methodology and Age Calibration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. High-Resolution Microscopy of Latent Tracks Induced by High-Energy Heavy Ions

      • J. Vetter, J. Ackermann, R. Neumann, L. Nistor, R. Scholz

      Pages 3-18

   3. Zeta: The Ultimate Solution to Fission-Track Analysis Calibration or Just an Interim Measure?

      • Anthony J. Hurford

      Pages 19-32

   4. The Parameters That Govern the Accuracy of Fission-Track Age Determinations: A Re-Appraisal

      • P. van den Haute, F. de Corte, R. Jonckheere, F. Bellemans

      Pages 33-46

   5. A Re-Investigation of the Geometry Factors for Fission-Track Dating of Apatite, Sphene and Zircon

      • H. Iwano, T. Danhara

      Pages 47-66

   6. A New U Doped Glass Certified By the European Commission for the Calibration of Fission-Track Dating

      • F. de Corte, F. Bellemans, P. van den Haute, C. Ingelbrecht, C. Nicholl

      Pages 67-78

3. Track Annealing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Uranium-235 Fission Track Annealing in Minerals of the Apatite Group: An Experimental Study

      • J. Carpéna

      Pages 81-92

   3. Mathematical Convection Methodology Using Bertagnolli and Laslett Fission Track Annealing Laws

      • H. Igli, J.-C. Miellou, A. Chambaudet, M. Rebetez

      Pages 93-98

   4. Revised Annealing Kinetics of Fission Tracks in Zircon and Geological Implications

      • T. Tagami, R. F. Galbraith, R. Yamada, G. M. Laslett

      Pages 99-112

4. Thermochronology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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

      • M. R. Giles, S. L. Indrelid

      Pages 115-150

   3. Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology of Paleozoic Sandstones and the Hill-Intrusion, Northern Linksrheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany

      • U. Glasmacher, M. Zentilli, A. M. Grist

      Pages 151-172

   4. Evidence for the Unroofing History of Hercynian Granitoids in Central Portugal Derived from Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Sedimentary Zircons

      • A. J. S. C. Pereira, A. Carter, A. J. Hurford, L. J. P. F. Neves, M. M. Godinho

      Pages 173-186

   5. Apatite Fission-Track Thermochronology of the Uppermost Tectonic Unit of Crete, Greece: Implications for the Post-Eocene Tectonic Evolution of the Hellenic Subduction System

      • S. N. Thomson, B. Stöckhert, H. Rauche, M. R. Brix

      Pages 187-205

   6. Post-Orogenic Cooling History of Eastern South Australia from Apatite FT Thermochronology

      • M. M. Mitchell, B. P. Kohn, D. A. Foster

      Pages 207-224

   7. Cooling and Denudation History of Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, Based on Apatite Fission-Tracks

      • F. Lisker, M. Olesch

      Pages 225-240

   8. Multiple Thermal Evolution of Oates Land (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica): Evidence from Apatite Fission Track Analysis

      • T. Schäfer, M. Olesch

      Pages 241-253

   9. Effects of Surface Cooling on Apatite Fission-Track Data: Evidence for Miocene Climatic Change, North Slope, Alaska

      • Paul B. O’Sullivan, Roderick W. Brown

      Pages 255-267

Since 1980, progress in research on the fission-track dating method and its applications to earth and related sciences has been evaluated during an International Workshop that takes place every four years. This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the International Workshop held in Gent (Belgium) from 26 to 30 August, 1996. Primarily the articles will be of interest to the active fission-track scientists but the combination of research papers and critical reviews that is presented may also provide the interested non-specialist reader with a valuable insight into the fission-track dating method and its role in the earth sciences.
This reader will undoubtedly note the evolution that the method has undergone during the last fifteen years, from a technique that was debated in most of its facets to an established chronometric tool with unique qualities in geothermochronology.

• Denudation
• Gebirge
• mineral
• subduction
• structural geology
• mineral resources

• Geological Institute, University of Ghent, Belgium

  Peter Haute

• Institute for Nuclear Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium

  Frans Corte

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