Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basics of thermochronology: from t–T paths to ages
- 3 Thermochronological systems
- 4 The general heat-transport equation
- 5 Thermal effects of exhumation
- 6 Steady-state two-dimensional heat transport
- 7 General transient solution – the three-dimensional problem
- 8 Inverse methods
- 9 Detrital thermochronology
- 10 Lateral advection of material
- 11 Isostatic response to denudation
- 12 The evolution of passive-margin escarpments
- 13 Thermochronology in active tectonic settings
- Appendix 1 Forward models of fission-track annealing
- Appendix 2 Fortran routines provided with this textbook
- Appendix 3 One-dimensional conductive equilibrium with heat production
- Appendix 4 One-dimensional conductive equilibrium with anomalous conductivity
- Appendix 5 One-dimensional transient conductive heat transport
- Appendix 6 Volume integrals in spherical coordinates
- Appendix 7 The complementary error function
- Appendix 8 Pecube user guide
- Appendix 9 Tutorial solutions
- References
- Index
Appendix 7 - The complementary error function
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basics of thermochronology: from t–T paths to ages
- 3 Thermochronological systems
- 4 The general heat-transport equation
- 5 Thermal effects of exhumation
- 6 Steady-state two-dimensional heat transport
- 7 General transient solution – the three-dimensional problem
- 8 Inverse methods
- 9 Detrital thermochronology
- 10 Lateral advection of material
- 11 Isostatic response to denudation
- 12 The evolution of passive-margin escarpments
- 13 Thermochronology in active tectonic settings
- Appendix 1 Forward models of fission-track annealing
- Appendix 2 Fortran routines provided with this textbook
- Appendix 3 One-dimensional conductive equilibrium with heat production
- Appendix 4 One-dimensional conductive equilibrium with anomalous conductivity
- Appendix 5 One-dimensional transient conductive heat transport
- Appendix 6 Volume integrals in spherical coordinates
- Appendix 7 The complementary error function
- Appendix 8 Pecube user guide
- Appendix 9 Tutorial solutions
- References
- Index
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- Quantitative ThermochronologyNumerical Methods for the Interpretation of Thermochronological Data, pp. 222 - 223Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006