Thermochronologic approaches for fundamental energy exploration (TAFFEE)

岩石，无论它们起源于盆地中的沉积物还是深处形成的花岗岩，通常都经历了一个独特的进化过程，包括加热和冷却，直到它们到达今天的位置。特别重要的是这条路径的最后一部分，岩石冷却到350摄氏度以下，因为在这个温度范围内，矿床形成，碳氢化合物成熟为石油和天然气。TAFFEE项目将加拿大四所大学的设备和专业知识与加拿大地质调查局的科学家和行业合作伙伴融合在一起，以发展和提高我们测量岩石时间-温度历史的能力。迄今为止，我们的努力是最难进行的分析之一，但它对于理解今天的地球是如何形成的至关重要。为了开发新的方法，该项目将研究来自加拿大科迪勒拉的博福特-麦肯齐河走廊的沉积岩，这是一个地质复杂的地区，含有地壳

Rocks, whether they originate as sediments laid in basins or granites formed at depth, usually undergo a unique evolution that involves heating and then cooling until they arrive where they are found today. Of particular importance is the final part of that path, where rocks cool below 350 C as this is the temperature range in which ore deposits form and hydrocarbons mature into oil and gas. Project TAFFEE fuses facilities and expertise from four universities from across Canada with scientists at the Geological Survey of Canada and industry partners in order to develop and improve our ability to measure the time-temperature histories of rocks. Our endeavour is heretofore one of the most difficult analyses to make, but one that is essential to understanding how today's Earth was shaped. To develop the new methods, the project will study sedimentary rocks from the Beaufort-Mackenzie River corridor of the Canadian Cordillera, an area of complex geology, containing crustal