A linear inversion method to infer exhumation rates in space and time from thermochronometric data

We present a formal inverse procedure to extract exhumation rates from spatially distributed low temperature thermochronometric data. Our method is based on a Gaussian linear inversion approach in which we define a linear problem relating exhumation rate to thermochronometric age with rates being pa...

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Main Authors: M. Fox, F. Herman, S. D. Willett, D. A. May
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Earth Surface Dynamics
Online Access:http://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/2/47/2014/esurf-2-47-2014.pdf