Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-577-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-4-577-2022
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06 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 06 Sep 2022

Constraining the geothermal parameters of in situ Rb–Sr dating on Proterozoic shales and their subsequent applications

Darwinaji Subarkah, Angus L. Nixon, Monica Jimenez, Alan S. Collins, Morgan L. Blades, Juraj Farkaš, Sarah E. Gilbert, Simon Holford, and Amber Jarrett

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Advancements in technology have introduced new techniques to more quickly and cheaply date rocks with little sample preparation. A unique use of this method is to date shales and constrain when these rocks were first deposited. This approach can also time when such sequences were subsequently affected by heat or fluids after they were deposited. This is useful, as the formation of precious-metal-bearing systems or petroleum source rocks is commonly associated with such processes.
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