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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-5-35-2023
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Short communication: age2exhume – a MATLAB/Python script to calculate steady-state vertical exhumation rates from thermochronometric ages and application to the Himalaya
Peter van der Beek
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Taylor F. Schildgen
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Short summary
Thermochronometric data can provide unique insights into the patterns of rock exhumation and the driving mechanisms of landscape evolution. Several well-established thermal models allow for a detailed exploration of how cooling rates evolved in a limited area or along a transect, but more regional analyses have been challenging. We present age2exhume, a thermal model that can be used to rapidly provide a synoptic overview of exhumation rates from large regional thermochronologic datasets.
Thermochronometric data can provide unique insights into the patterns of rock exhumation and the...