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Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol.12, No.1, pp. 111-114, 1989

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SOME COMMENTS ON PALEOTEMPERATURE ESTIMATION FROM Previous HitAPATITENext Hit Previous HitFISSIONNext Hit Previous HitTRACKNext Hit Previous HitANALYSISNext Hit

P.F. Green and I.R. Duddy*

* Geotrack International, Dept. of Geology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.


Huntsberger and Lerche (1987) recently presented a method of obtaining information on the variation of paleo heat-flux with time in sedimentary basins by use of Previous HitfissionNext Hit tracks in Previous HitapatiteNext Hit. While this paper has the merit of drawing attention to the advantages of Previous HitApatiteNext Hit Previous HitFissionNext Hit Previous HitTrackNext Hit Previous HitAnalysisTop over more conventional paleotemperature indicators, we suggest that it is flawed in various important respects.

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