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Fission-Track Dating

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  • © 1992

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  1. Günther A. Wagner
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  2. Peter Haute
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Part of the book series: Solid Earth Sciences Library (SESL, volume 6)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Particle Tracks and Fission Tracks

    • Günther A. Wagner, Peter Van den Haute
    Pages 1-15

  3. Track Revelation and Observation

    • Günther A. Wagner, Peter Van den Haute
    Pages 16-58

  4. Fission-Track Dating Method

    • Günther A. Wagner, Peter Van den Haute
    Pages 59-94

  5. Fading of Fission Tracks

    • Günther A. Wagner, Peter Van den Haute
    Pages 95-119

  6. Geological Interpretation

    • Günther A. Wagner, Peter Van den Haute
    Pages 120-160

  7. Applicability

    • Günther A. Wagner, Peter Van den Haute
    Pages 161-186

  8. Application

    • Günther A. Wagner, Peter Van den Haute
    Pages 187-238

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 239-285
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About this book

Fission track dating is based on the microscopic observation and counting of etchable tracks left by the spontaneous fission of uranium in minerals. Since its development in 1963 the method attracted a steadily growing interest from geologists and geochronologists throughout the world. Apart from its relative experimental ease the success must be mainly ascribed to the specific ability of the method of unravelling the thermal and tectonic history of rocks, a potential which only became fully exploited during the last decade with the systematic introduction of track size analysis.
The present work is the first one to deal entirely with fission track dating covering all of its aspects from the origin of the fission tracks, the basis of track etching and fading, the various dating techniques as well as practical procedures and the geologic interpretation to the most recent applications in geology and archaeology.

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` Wagner & Van den Haute's book is highly recommended to post-graduate students interested in geochronology, as well as to the non-specialist concerned with fission-tracks. Dedicated `Trackologists' will find this book a good reference work. '
European Journal of Mineralogy, 5

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fission-Track Dating

  • Authors: Günther A. Wagner, Peter Haute

  • Series Title: Solid Earth Sciences Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2478-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Ferdinand Enke Verlag 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1624-4Due: 31 July 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5093-7Published: 13 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2478-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 285

  • Topics: Geochemistry, Geophysics/Geodesy

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