Fission-track Dating (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Solid Earth Sciences Library, No. 6
Release date:	May 1992
First published:	July 1992
Authors:	Gunther A. Wagner • Peter Van Den Haute
Dimensions:	230mm (L)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-1624-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Geochemistry Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Petrology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-1624-X
Barcode:	9780792316244

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