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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>R.H. Goldstein</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>C.E. Barker</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1990</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Theory, laboratory experiments, and empirical observation suggest that many aqueous fluid inclusions in calcite reequilibrate during overheating, and therefore some homogenization temperatures (&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;h&lt;/sub&gt;) record a temperature close to the maximum reached by the rock. This characteristic suggests that aqueous fluid inclusions in calcite can be used to establish maximum temperature (&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;peak&lt;/sub&gt;). To test this hypothesis, we have compiled fluid inclusion&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;peak&lt;/sub&gt;, mean random vitrinite reflectance (&lt;i&gt;R&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;m&lt;/sub&gt;), and present-day&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;peak&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;from 46 diverse geologic systems that have been at&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;peak&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;from 10&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to 10&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;yr. Present&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;peak&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ranged from 65 to 345 °C,&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;T&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;h&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;modes and means ranged from 59 to 350 °C, and&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;R&lt;/i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;m&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;data ranged from 0.4% to 4.6%, spanning the temperature and thermal maturity range associated with burial diagenesis, hydrothermal alteration, and low-grade metamorphism.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018&lt;1003:FITFDM&gt;2.3.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Geological Society of America</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Fluid-inclusion technique for determining maximum temperature in calcite and its comparison to the vitrinite reflectance geothermometer</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>