1. What are the contributions mentioned in the paper "Trackkey: a windows program for calculation and graphical presentation of fission track data" ?
A Visual Basic program is presented for calculating the main statistical values and plotting the single grain ages.
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2. What is the default extension of the data files?
The default extension of the data files are: .APA, .ZIR, .TIT and .MIN for apatite, zircon, sphene and for other types of minerals, respectively.
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3. What are the main advantages of TRACKKEY over the former ones?
The main advantages of TRACKKEY over the former ones are the more flexible import–export facilities, the easy grouping of the single-grain data, the presentation of more types of graphics, and the link of the plots in one window.
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4. What is the common term used for dating sedimentary samples?
Besides thermochronology, a new branch of application has gained popularity: FT chronology used for provenance studies because it is possible to date individual detrital apatite and/or zircon crystals in arenitic rocks (McGoldrick and Gleadow, 1978; Hurford et al., 1984; Cerveny et al., 1988; Hurford and Carter, 1991; Brandon, 1992; Brandon and Vance, 1992).
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