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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Conflicting (U-Th)/He and fission track ages in apatite: Enhanced He retention not anomalous annealing behaviour |
Author: | Green, P. Crowhurst, P. Duddy, I. Jaspen, P. Holford, S. |
Citation: | Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006; 250(3-4):407-427 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 0012-821X 1385-013X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Paul F. Green, Peter V. Crowhurst, Ian R. Duddy, Peter Japsen and Simon P. Holford |
Abstract: | While initial studies showed a high degree of consistency between AFTA and apatite (U-Th)/He dating, an increasing number of studies are reporting apatite (U-Th)/He ages which are older than expected on the basis of apatite fission track data from the same region. We present data from a range of geological settings to document a systematic discrepancy between the two systems, which becomes more pronounced in samples with older fission track ages (except for samples with very low uranium contents). Results from a granite pebble and enclosing volcanogenic sandstone provide a well-controlled test case in which independent constraints are available on the underlying thermal history. These demonstrate that the progressive discrepancy between the two techniques arises not from anomalous fission track annealing behaviour, as has been suggested, but as a result of a change in the He retention properties of apatite. This change appears to be linked to the degree of accumulated radiation damage within the crystal lattice, although underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We suggest detailed experiments should be performed to delineate and quantify the processes responsible. Until this is achieved, we suggest that apatite (U-Th)/He studies should also incorporate apatite fission track data, as well as other low temperature indicators, in order to monitor the (U-Th)/He system response and to guard against the anomalous behaviour described here. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Thermochronology AFTA (U–Th)/He dating apatite fission track annealing He diffusion thermal history |
Description: | Copyright © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.022 |
Description (link): | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503328/description#description |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.022 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Australian School of Petroleum publications |
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