KnowraClosure temperatureLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to Closure temperature, each with the reason it gives.All 6Related 6Radiometric datingRelated: An isotope clock usually records cooling below the system’s closure temperature, not necessarily the rock’s formation.GeochronologyRelated: An isotopic age may date cooling below closure, rather than initial crystallization.U–Pb datingRelated: A U–Pb date records crystallization only if later heating did not reset the system.Argon–argon datingRelated: Argon retention constrains whether a measured age records cooling, crystallization, or later disturbance.ThermochronologyRelated: It links a measured thermochronologic age to the temperature a rock crossed during cooling.K–Ar datingRelated: The K–Ar clock generally begins when argon stops escaping as a mineral cools.