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Applies apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology to reconstruct the cooling, exhumation, and topographic evolution of the Elk and West Elk Mountains of western Colorado, including the timing of river incision in the upper Colorado drainage basin.
Dating technique that determines cooling histories of rocks using temperature-sensitive radiometric systems
Process of bringing rocks from depth to the surface through erosional unroofing
Temperature below which a thermochronological system retains daughter products, ~70°C for apatite He system
Concordant igneous intrusion that has been injected between rock strata causing uplift
Low-temperature thermochronological method measuring helium accumulation in apatite grains to determine cooling ages and thermal histories. Involves h...
Standard protocol for isolating apatite grains from crushed rock samples using density and magnetic separation techniques followed by hand picking und...