Citation:

PANGAEA.938031

Name: Fission-track length determination of the Southern Malawi Rift from rock sample IE0500003 (LM 1 Lengths (n=99))
Published: 2021-11-10
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Apatite fission track (AFT); low-temperature thermochronology; Malawi Rift; Rift initiation; Shire Rift; Strain accommodation

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Published: 2021-11-10 • DOI registered: 2022-05-09

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Keyword(s):

Apatite fission track (AFT); low-temperature thermochronology; Malawi Rift; Rift initiation; Shire Rift; Strain accommodation

Related to:

Ojo, Oyewande; Thomson, Stuart N; Laó-Dávila, Daniel A (2024): Neogene–Quaternary initiation of the Southern Malawi Rift and linkage to the reactivated Carboniferous–Jurassic Shire Rift. Tectonophysics, 877, 230270, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230270

Coverage:

Latitude: -15.029694 * Longitude: 35.126611

Event(s):

IE0500003 * Latitude: -15.029694 * Longitude: 35.126611 * Location: Malawi * Method/Device: Rock sample (ROCK)

Comment:

Sample Number: LM 1

Position (#): 18

Area of Graticule Square: 6.400E-07

No. of Crystals: 20

Zeta Factor ±Error: 305.8± 8.4

Rho d (% Relative Error): 1.608E+06

N d: 5145

Mineral: Apatite

Glass (U ppm): 15

Irradiation: UA-A39

Analyst: Oyewande Ojo

Locality: Malawi

Rock Type: Gneiss

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Length	l	µm	Ojo, Oyewande	Fission-track
2	Angle	Angle	deg	Ojo, Oyewande	Fission-track	Angle between each fission track and the grain c-axis
3	Diameter	Ø	µm	Ojo, Oyewande	Fission-track	Dpar-etch pit of the grain where the length has been measured

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

297 data points

Data

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1 l [µm]	2 Angle [deg]	3 Ø [µm]
11.88	70	1.45
13.87	76	1.45
12.65	59	1.45
12.27	45	1.45
12.55	52	1.45
14.76	38	1.74
15.51	18	1.44
11.85	28	1.44
13.56	44	1.68
13.21	64	1.68
13.29	70	1.68
12.83	35	1.83
14.39	79	1.83
14.11	52	1.83
12.98	51	1.83
12.52	55	1.83
13.48	34	2.02
11.00	50	2.02
15.19	57	2.02
11.52	25	2.02
13.99	43	2.00
14.59	51	2.00
15.29	32	2.00
13.73	23	2.00
12.92	74	1.87
14.24	24	1.87
13.00	79	1.87
13.03	83	1.87
13.33	87	1.87
13.48	50	1.87
13.40	27	1.87
12.11	68	1.87
13.07	77	1.87
11.99	53	1.87
14.40	53	1.87
13.72	82	1.87
14.54	55	1.87
12.84	70	1.87
13.63	85	1.87
13.16	64	1.87
7.94	54	1.87
15.15	52	1.60
14.58	86	1.60
11.30	46	1.60
13.07	79	1.60
11.08	46	1.60
13.01	15	1.60
15.25	68	1.69
15.34	50	1.69
13.62	60	1.69
12.31	27	1.59
12.32	54	1.59
12.90	90	1.67
12.27	57	1.67
11.59	65	1.67
11.73	76	1.67
12.21	88	1.67
11.64	66	1.67
13.26	77	1.67
11.55	67	1.67
13.29	49	1.67
12.48	89	1.67
14.33	50	1.84
10.74	55	1.84
11.04	67	1.84
12.29	44	1.84
13.91	66	1.84
20.14	39	1.84
11.15	68	1.84
12.82	61	1.84
13.90	51	1.59
12.27	79	1.59
10.97	53	1.59
13.42	17	1.59
15.08	35	1.59
12.54	53	1.59
14.84	14	1.59
11.12	64	1.68
10.55	59	1.68
10.82	48	1.68
11.73	63	1.68
10.99	70	1.68
13.62	47	1.68
14.14	68	1.68
13.34	15	1.68
15.98	37	1.68
11.58	36	1.68
10.84	33	1.68
13.89	56	1.68
13.96	68	1.68
13.53	26	1.82
12.52	62	1.82
12.18	53	1.82
13.11	40	1.82
12.13	48	1.82
11.75	38	1.82
14.40	61	1.82
11.17	58	1.82
13.64	79	1.82