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什么是 Argon–argon dating, J factor, age spectrum, plateau age?

又称: argon--argon dating · J factor · age spectrum · plateau age

Definition 13.4 University Earth and Space Sciences — Year 3 · 第 13 章 — Advanced Geochronology

40Ar/39Ar^{40}\mathrm{Ar}/^{39}\mathrm{Ar} dating dates a potassium-bearing mineral by the ratio R=40Ar∗/39ArKR = {}^{40}\mathrm{Ar}^*/{}^{39}\mathrm{Ar}_{\mathrm K} of its radiogenic argon-40 to the argon-39 made from its potassium by neutron irradiation. The J factor of an irradiation is J=(eλtm−1)/RmJ = (e^{\lambda t_m} - 1)/R_m, found from a monitor of known age tmt_m and measured ratio RmR_m, with λ\lambda the total decay constant of potassium-40. When the sample is degassed in steps of increasing temperature, its age spectrum plots the age of each step against the cumulative fraction of argon-39 released. A plateau age is the weighted mean age of consecutive steps that agree within their uncertainties and release a large part of the argon-39.

The invented age spectrum of a biotite of the granite of the first figure: each step is drawn at its age, its width the share of argon-39 it released. (a) Three low-temperature steps rise as a staircase to a plateau. (b) The seven plateau steps, which hold 82\,\% of the argon-39, with their two-standard-deviation ranges (shaded) and the plateau age (red).
The invented age spectrum of a biotite of the granite of the first figure: each step is drawn at its age, its width the share of argon-39 it released. (a) Three low-temperature steps rise as a staircase to a plateau. (b) The seven plateau steps, which hold 82 %82\,\% of the argon-39, with their two-standard-deviation ranges (shaded) and the plateau age (red).
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