University of Heidelberg
- Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
- Institute of Earth Sciences
Thermochronology, Archaeometry
Members and associates
Methods and Instruments
Fission-track and alpha-recoil-track thermochronology using automated 3-axes high precision stages
(U-Th)/He thermochronology in cooperation with noble gas laboratories in USA (Yale, Kansas)
Isotopes
Topics
Thermochronology, temperature, uplift and exhumation history
Fission-track and alpha-recoil-track dating of various minerals, (U-Th)/He dating of various minerals, thermokinematic
modelling
Archaeometry
Fission-track dating of obsidian, alpha-recoil-dating of ceramics and artefacts
Example
Temperature, uplift and exhumation history of the Rwenzori Mtn., Uganda
Temperature, uplift and exhumation history of the Western Cantabrian Mtn., Spain
Temperature, uplift and exhumation history of the Odenwald, Germany
Alpha-Recoil-Track dating of ceramics from the Paracas and Nasca Period in southern Peru
Lectures