Isothermal plateau fission-track ages of hydrated glass shards from silicic tephra beds

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The age of silicic tephra beds that have experienced a simple thermal history can be accurately and precisely determined by application of the isothermal plateau fission-track technique to hydrated glass shards. Age estimates obtained by this means compare very well with those based on co-existing mineral phases using the K-Ar, 40Ar/39Ar, external detector fission-track and thermoluminescence techniques. This concordance contradicts the popular belief that hydrated glass shards give unreliable ages.
Distal tephra beds-many of which are difficult to date because of their fine grainsize, low abundance of crystals and common presence of detrital grains-are readily dated by the isothermal plateau glass-fission-track method. This new advance should greatly facilitate the development of detailed chronologies of tephra-bearing sedimentary sequences located far from volcanic centres.

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