Apatite fission-track etch rates hold steady under annealing and ageing, new measurements show
Direct measurements of apatite fission-track etch rates show the track etch rate is constant along tracks and unaffected by annealing ...
Tag: thermochronology
Ancient Faults Reveal How the Southern Alps Rose in Slow Motion
New thermochronological data from the Trento platform show that exhumation in the Eastern Southern Alps began around 25 million years ...
Hidden Clocks in Crystal Tracks: New Method Pulls Multiple Ages From a Single Mineral
A new deconvolution method extracts multiple discrete ages from a single apatite fission-track length histogram, sharpening the reconstruction of burial, ...
Simple 1D Model Reveals When Rock Cooling Ages Mislead Geologists
A new one-dimensional modeling study shows that erosion, burial, faulting, and lithospheric delamination can decouple rock cooling ages from the ...
Custom-Built Helium Machine Pushes Rock Dating to Attomole Sensitivity
Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have built and calibrated a custom low-volume helium analysis line, the Jimbochron, that ...
Hidden Uncertainty in Zircon Clocks Clouds the Story of Earth’s Great Unconformity
A new analysis shows that uncertainties in helium diffusion parameters in zircon can shift predicted thermochronologic ages by hundreds of ...
New dating strategy untangles ancient burial heat from mountain cooling in old sand grains
Researchers at the University of Calgary have developed a new modeling strategy that uses syn-depositional zircon grains and combined U/Pb ...
Hidden Fault Ramp and Young Thrusts Reshape the Story of Himalayan Mountain Building in Western Nepal
Integrated thermokinematic and landscape modeling in western Nepal shows that Himalayan exhumation is driven by a northerly fault ramp beneath ...
Hidden Math Errors in Dating Method Get a Long-Overdue Fix
A new mathematical reappraisal exposes decades-old errors in the equations used to correct luminescence ages for anomalous fading and delivers ...
New Open-Source Tool Turns Rock Cooling Ages into Rates of Geological Change
Researchers have released Tc1D, an open-source Python model that links thermochronometer cooling ages directly to rates of exhumation, burial, and ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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