Lesson 6 overview

This week we will be introduced to the geochronological dating method called thermochronology. Thermochronology can be used to determine the time since rocks at the surface were at a given temperature in the Earth, and combines several of the equations we have already seen earlier in the course. This will be the topic of the final two weeks of the course, as well as the final paper you will write.

1. Low-temperature thermochronology lecture slides

2. Introduction to Exercises 6 and 7 lecture slides

3. Exercise 6

4. Final paper description

Scientific journal articles

• Some useful final paper references

• Google scholar

• Web of Science (Only works on campus or via VPN)

Additional materials

• Low-temperature thermochronology short course website

Lesson videos

Lesson 6.1 - Low-temperature thermochronology

Dave Whipp, University of Helsinki @ Quantitative Geology channel on Youtube.

Lesson 6.2 - Overview of Exercises 6 and 7, final paper

Dave Whipp, University of Helsinki @ Quantitative Geology channel on Youtube.