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Fission-Track Dating Technique and Its Applications to the Problems of Tectonic Evolution

ZHU Wen-Bin1, WAN Jing-Lin2, SHU Liang-Shu1, SUN Yan1, ZHAO Zhong-Yan1   

  1. 1. Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;2. Institute of Geology, China Seismological Bureau, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2005-12-20 Revised:2005-12-20 Online:2005-12-20 Published:2005-12-20

Abstract: Fission-track analysis as a geological dating ades there has been a major expansion in application to tool was first proposed in the early 1960s. In the past decmore general geological problems. It reflects progress in understanding the temperature dependence of fission-track annealing and in interpreting the information contained in fission-track length distributions. The length distribution of projected tracks can be successfully applied to thermal analysis despite the fact that it is heavily biased against the real length distribution. A partial track annealing concept based on the projected length distribution is proposed, which provides detailed information on the low-temperature thermal histories of rocks, below - 120℃ for tracks in apatite and below - 350℃ for zircon. Fission-track dating technique has been applied to a variety of tectonic problems, including : ( 1 ) to determine the uplifting time and rate of orogenic belt ; (2) to study the thermal history of orogenic belt ; (3) to date the rapid unroofing or cooling event,(4) to date the time of the basin inversion; (5) to unravel a long-term multi-event thermal record in basement rocks of the basin; and (6) to research the coupling process between basin and mountain.