热年代学年龄温度法和年龄高程法的应用条件：对采样策略及年龄表达的启示

热年代学的年龄温度法和年龄高程法是研究造山带长期构造演化过程的常用方法。相对于年龄温度法而言，年龄高程法在计算岩石剥露速率上的优势在于回避了地温梯度的假设，但前提条件中最重要的方面则要求地温梯度达到稳定状态。然而，地温场通常会受到地形变化、地表剥露速率、断层活动及岩浆侵入等作用的干扰，导致地温梯度处于非稳定状态。此时，...

Restriction on the application of thermochronologic age-temperature and age-elevation relationships: Some insights into sampling strategies and age interpretation

Thermochronologic age-temperature and age-elevation relationships are commonly used to quantitatively constrain the long-term tectonic evolution of an orogen.In contrast to the age-temperature relationship,the age-elevation relationship has more advantages in calculating exhumation rates of rocks without the imposed geothermal gradient.However,the potential functions of the age-elevation relationship in extracting cooling and exhumation signals of rocks need the presupposition of stable geothermal gradient.But the complicated effects(e.g.the relief change,exhumation rate,magma emplacement,etc.) will unpredictably perturb the geothermal field,producing the unstable geothermal gradient.As such,aiming at some specific projects,it is essential to adopt suitable sampling strategies and promising methods to unveil the information hidden in the thermochronologic ages.