Development of low-temperature thermochronology and its application to uplift and denudational history of Japanese mountains(<Special Issue>the deep structure and tectonic processes of inland basins, central Japan)

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  • SUEOKA Shigeru
    Department of Geophysics, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University:(Present office)Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  • TSUTSUMI Hiroyuki
    Department of Geophysics, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
  • TAGAMI Takahiro
    Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

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  • 低温領域の熱年代学の発展と日本の山地の隆起・削剥史研究への応用(<特集>内陸盆地の構造と形成プロセス)
  • 低温領域の熱年代学の発展と日本の山地の隆起・削剥史研究への応用
  • テイオン リョウイキ ノ ネツ ネンダイガク ノ ハッテン ト ニホン ノ サンチ ノ リュウキ ・ サクハクシ ケンキュウ エ ノ オウヨウ

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Thermochronology is a discipline to determine the timing and/or temperature of past thermal events on the basis of radiometric ages, which may be reset by past heating. Thermochronological methods can be used to reconstruct denudation history of mountain ranges by converting cooling history to denudation history and have been successfully applied to major orogenic mountains worldwide in the past four decades. On the other hand, it has been difficult to apply thermochronologic analyses to relatively young and low-relief mountains in the Japanese Islands. However, the recent development of low-temperature thermochronology has greatly expanded its applicability. In this review paper, we introduce (1) the fundamental concepts of thermochronology, (2) recent developments of low-temperature thermochronology, (3) analytic procedures, and (4) previous studies conducted in mountains ranges abroad, in particular fission-track and (U-Th)/He thermochronometers. In addition, we show (5) previous studies about uplift and denudation of Japanese mountains to illustrate their characters and significances and introduce (6) previous thermochronometric studies in Japanese mountains and (7) case studies of the Kiso and Akaishi Ranges by the authors to demonstrate (8) the applicability and usefulness of thermochronometric methods to mountains in the Japanese Island.

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