Apatite mineral separation

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Method synopsis

Standard protocol for isolating apatite grains from crushed rock samples using density and magnetic separation techniques followed by hand picking under microscope.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 3 papers using this protocol.

Typical Equipment

Braun Chipmunk VD67 jaw crusher
Bico pulverisor
Humphreys Wilfely Table
Quincy Lab oven
magnetic Barrier Laboratory Separator
Lithium Metatungstate (LMT)
Leica M165 binocular microscope

Output Measurements

purified apatite grains

Papers Using This Protocol (3)

student_paper

Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology to Determine Exhumation Rates and the Topographical History of the Elk Mountains Ph.D

2020using

student_paper

Constraining the Timing of River Incision in the Upper Colorado Drainage Basin Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology in the Elk Mountains, Western Colorado

2017using

student_paper

Examining Spatial Patterns of Exhumation in Colorado’s Elk Mountains During the Late Miocene Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology

2017using

Species Studied With This Protocol

Engelmann Spruce

Pinaceae1 paper

Places Where Used

Apatite mineral separation

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Method synopsis

Typical Equipment

Output Measurements

Papers Using This Protocol (3)

Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology to Determine Exhumation Rates and the Topographical History of the Elk Mountains Ph.D

Constraining the Timing of River Incision in the Upper Colorado Drainage Basin Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology in the Elk Mountains, Western Colorado

Examining Spatial Patterns of Exhumation in Colorado’s Elk Mountains During the Late Miocene Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology

Species Studied With This Protocol

Engelmann Spruce

Places Where Used

West Elk Mountains

Colorado

Gothic

Colorado River

Gunnison National Forest

Copper Creek

Rocky Mountains

Gothic Mountain

Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Snodgrass Mountain