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fission track  

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  • A fission track is a radiation-path damage caused by nuclear particules in a mineral by the spontaneous fission of uranium-238 impurities. (Adapted from: Moureau M. & Brace G. (2000). Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science - Dictionnaire des Sciences de la Terre. Paris, Technip.)

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