English Explanatory Dictionary

closure temperature

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The temperature, of a mineral, etc., below which there is no significant diffusion of isotopes into the external environment; the temperature of said mineral at the time it was formed (as calculated by radiometric dating).

Word forms

closure temperature closure temperatures

Etymology

Coined 1973 by Martin H. Dodson.

Synonyms

blocking temperature
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