Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-8-627-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-8-627-2026
Short communication/technical note
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08 Oct 2026
Short communication/technical note |  | 08 Oct 2026

Technical note: Tc1D – a 1D thermal and thermochronometer age prediction model

David M. Whipp, Benjamin Gérard, Sanni Laaksonen, and Dawn A. Kellett

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Thermochronology is a dating method that measures the time since minerals cooled below a given temperature within the Earth, typically between 50–400 °C. Geoscientists often use thermochronology to measure how fast processes related to plate tectonics or erosion occur over timescales of millions of years. A challenge, however, is that many different temperature histories can produce the same age. In this work we introduce new software for using thermochronology to study geological processes.
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