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
    4He
    232Th
    234, 235, 238U

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