LIAG-Seminar: Dolomite thermoluminescence thermochronometry and its application in central Apennines (Italy)

Programm

Junjie Zhang: Dolomite thermoluminescence thermochronometry and its application in central Apennines (Italy)

Abstract:

Reconstruction of the cooling and exhumation history in carbonate rock regions has so far been hampered by the lack of appropriate thermochronological methods. A new thermochronometry tool based on the thermoluminescence signal of dolomite is being developed at LIAG. It has a closure temperature of 45–75 °C and is applicable to carbonate domains with cooling rates of 2–200 °C/Ma. The potential of this new method is being tested in the central Apennines, where carbonate-hosted normal faulting controls regional neotectonics.