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My dissertation consists of three projects:

• Developing detrital monazite (U-Th)/He dating through further characterization of He diffusion in monazite using Raman Spectroscopy and Electron Probe Micro Analysis (EPMA).

• Applying detrital monazite (U-Th)/(He-Pb) double dating in Paganzo Basin (ARG) along with detrital zircon U-Pb and detrital k-feldspar Ar/Ar dating and complementary basin analysis methods.

• Deciphering thermal evolution of Paganzo Basin by additional detrital zircon and apatite (U-Th)/He dating and subsidence analysis.

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​These projects are in collaboration with Departamento de Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (ARG) and Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science, Bowdoin College (USA).