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Cenozoic cooling and denudation in the North Pennines (northern England, UK) constrained by apatite fission-track analysis of cuttings from the Eastgate Borehole

This is the first published analysis of the history of cooling and erosion of the Earth's crust over the past 60 million years in the Northern Pennines of England (a region of high heat-flow). It contributes increased understanding of the region's present-day thermal state and geothermal energy resource. It has led to further collaborations with Nagoya University, Japan (Contact: Prof Simon Wallis, swallis@eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp; http://mylonite.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~swallis/) and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre applying, high- and low-temperature thermo-chronological techniques to the region. This work will resolve the earlier thermal history, benefitting the assessment of shale gas resources, potentially an important future energy source.