Measurement procedure and verification of apatite fission track dating: External detector method and LA-ICP-MS/FT method
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1. Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Geological Safety, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100081, China;2. Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081;3. State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China;4. School of Petroleum Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, China

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    Apatite fission track dating, as an important method to reveal low temperature thermochronological evolution of rocks, can effectively reconstruct the thermal evolution history of millions of years in the upper crust of 3~5 km, and has been widely used in the related research of earth science. In this study, a measurement procedure was established at the fission track dating laboratory of Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. We measured the age of internationally widely used Durango apatite by the external detector and LA-ICP-MS/FT methods. The ages obtained by external detector method are 32.9±1.6 Ma and 31.9±2.3 Ma; and those obtained by LA-ICP-MS/FT method are 31.97±0.82 Ma, 30.9±1.5 Ma, 32.3±1.4 Ma, 30.6±1.1 Ma, 30.7±1.4 Ma, 29.7±1.9 Ma and 31.1±1.3 Ma. The ages measured by two methods are consistent with the international recommended values with uncertainties. In addition, we also used these two methods to analyze the 18HS-5 granite samples collected from the Tianshan Mountains, with ages of 126.7±3.8 Ma and 126.4±3.6 Ma, respectively. The ages obtained by the two methods are consistent within the error range. The results indicate that the experimental procedure by our laboratory is reliable and the method can be used.

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YANG Jing, SHI Wei, WANG Sen, ZHANG Shuanhong, PANG Jianzhang, YANG Qian, ZHANG Yu, WANG Tianyu.2023. Measurement procedure and verification of apatite fission track dating: External detector method and LA-ICP-MS/FT method[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica,97(5):1701-1710

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  • Received:April 20,2022
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