Significance of Combined Vitrinite Reflectance and Fission-Track Studies in Evaluating Thermal History of Sedimentary Basins: An Example from Southern Israel

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Abstract

Vitrinite reflectance and fission-track age determinations (apatite, zircon, and sphene) from three deep boreholes in the Har HaNegev area, southern Israel, have been integrated for reconstruction of the thermal history. Drill holes, Ramon 1, Makhtesh Qatan 2, and Kurnub 1, each sited in the core of a separate breached anticline (``makhtesh''), penetrated a discontinuous Early Permian to Mesozoic sedimentary succession unconformably overlying a Precambrian arkosic and igneous complex. Post-Early Permian burial history was reconstructed from borehole data and regional stratigraphy.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThermal History of Sedimentary Basins
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and Case Histories
EditorsNancy D. Naeser, Thane H. McCulloh
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages197-216
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9781461234920
ISBN (Print)9781461281245
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

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