In radiometric dating, closure temperature or blocking temperature refers to the temperature of a system, such as a mineral, at the time given by its...

precisely to within a few decades. The closure temperature or blocking temperature represents the temperature below which the mineral is a closed system...

mineral cooled through its closure temperature. However, in a metamorphic rock that has not exceeded its closure temperature the age likely dates the crystallization...

slow down and finally become insignificant at a certain temperature. This closure temperature (Tc) depends on the crystal size, shape, cooling rate and...

heating is below the closure temperature or the heating time is much shorter than the characteristic decay time. The closure temperature of quartz in granite...

Thermochronologists use radiometric dating along with the closure temperatures that represent the temperature of the mineral being studied at the time given by...

common accessory minerals to date the time of rock cooling below closure temperature. Fission tracks are sensitive to heat, and therefore the technique...

Tomita, Makiko; Yamamoto, Yuzuru (2022-08-01). "Thermal stability and closure temperature of barite for electron spin resonance dating". Quaternary Geochronology...

comes from the concept of blocking temperature (also known as closure temperature in geochronology). This temperature is where the system becomes blocked...

time that has passed since a rock passed through its particular closure temperature, the point at which different radiometric isotopes stop diffusing...