Fission-track Dating

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. This work deals 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 recent applications in geology and archaeology.

ISBN 079231624X   Pages 296 ISBN13 9780792316244 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers   Co_publisher Enke Verlag Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers   Weight (grammes) 720 Format Hardback   Published in Dordrecht Publication date 01 Jun 1992   Series title Solid Earth Sciences Library Library of Congress QE508.W34   Height (mm) 230 DEWEY 551.701   Width (mm) 171 DEWEY edition DC20   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Part 1: Particle tracks and fission-tracks. Part 2: Track revelation and observation. Part 3: Fission-track dating method. Part 4: Fading of fission-tracks. Part 5: Geological interpretation. Part 6: Applicability. Part 7: Application. Appendices: etching properties; annealing properties of fission-tracks in minerals; fundamentals of error calculation in fission-track dating.

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