Closure temperature
English
Etymology
Coined 1973 by Martin H. Dodson.
Noun
- Template:Lb The temperature, of a mineral, etc., below which there is no significant diffusion of isotopes into the external environment; the temperature of said mineral at the time it was formed (as calculated by radiometric dating).
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- 2020, Barbara A. Romanowicz, Seismic Tomography of the Earth's Mantle, David Alderton, Scott A. Elias (editors-in-chief), Encyclopedia of Geology, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, Academic Press, page 606,
- As the closure temperature varies for every mineral and isotopic system, a system can be closed for one mineral at some temperature but open for another.
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