Advances in Fission-Track Geochronology

Since 1980, progress in research on the fission-track dating method and its applications to earth and related sciences has been evaluated during an International Workshop that takes place every four years. This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the International Workshop held in Ghent, Belgium from 26 to 30 August, 1996. Primarily the articles will be of interest to the active fission-track scientists but the combination of research papers and critical reviews that is presented may also provide the interested non-specialist reader with an insight into the fission-track dating method and its role in the earth sciences. This reader should note the evolution that the method has undergone since the 1980s, from a technique that was debated in most of its facets to an established chronometric tool with unique qualities in geothermochronology.