Low-temperature Thermochronology: Techniques, Interpretations and Applications

Frontmatter......Page 2
1 Past, Present, and Future of Thermochronology......Page 7
2 Fundamentals of Fission-Track Thermochronology......Page 25
3 Apatite Fission-Track Analysis......Page 54
4 Zircon Fission-Track Thermochronology and Applications to Fault Studies......Page 100
5 Fundamentals of Noble Gas Thermochronometry......Page 128
6 Zircon (U-Th)/He Thermochronometry......Page 155
7 4He/3He Thermochronometry: Theory, Practice, and Potential Complications......Page 184
8 Fission-track Analysis of Detrital Zircon......Page 207
9 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology of Detrital Minerals......Page 240
10 Forward Modeling and Interpretation of (U-Th)/He Ages......Page 259
11 Forward and Inverse Modeling of Low-Temperature Thermochronometry Data......Page 275
12 Crustal Thermal Processes and the Interpretation of Thermochronometer Data......Page 315
13 Quantitative Constraints on the Rate of Landform Evolution Derived from Low-Temperature Thermochronology......Page 351
14 Exploiting 3D Spatial Sampling in Inverse Modeling of Thermochronological Data......Page 375
15 Continuous Thermal Histories from Inversion of Closure Profi les......Page 388
16 Application of Low-Temperature Thermochronometry to Extensional Tectonic Settings......Page 409
17 Applications of Low-Temperature Thermochronometry to Quantifi cation of Recent Exhumation in Mountain Belts......Page 447
18 Application of Thermochronology to Hydrothermal Ore Deposits......Page 465
19 Thermochronometers in Sedimentary Basins......Page 497
20 Visualizing Thermotectonic and Denudation Histories Using Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology......Page 524
21 Low-Temperature Thermochronometry of Meteorites......Page 563
22 Computational Tools for Low-Temperature Thermochronometer Interpretation......Page 585
 Errata Chapter 7 \"4He/3He Thermochronometry: Theory, Practice, and Potential Complications\"......Page 619
 Errata Chapter 13 \"Quantitative Constraints on the Rate of Landform Evolution Derived from Low-Temperature Thermochronology\"......Page 620