Citation:

PANGAEA.938031

Name: Fission-track length determination of the Southern Malawi Rift from rock sample IE0500009 (SE 5-1 Lengths (n=98))
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: -16.313400 * Longitude: 35.073833

Event(s):

IE0500009 * Latitude: -16.313400 * Longitude: 35.073833 * Location: Malawi * Method/Device: Rock sample (ROCK)

Comment:

Sample Number: SE 5-1

Position (#): 18

Area of Graticule Square: 6.400E-07

No. of Crystals: 20

Zeta Factor ±Error: 305.8± 8.4

Rho d (% Relative Error): 1.539E+06

N d: 4925

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:

294 data points

Data

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1 l [µm]	2 Angle [deg]	3 Ø [µm]
8.85	80	1.98
13.49	9	1.98
11.14	38	1.98
12.81	83	1.98
10.18	73	1.98
12.35	64	1.51
11.94	24	1.25
8.78	41	1.25
13.17	69	1.92
8.57	60	1.92
8.99	66	1.64
13.74	21	1.64
8.62	40	1.64
11.99	12	1.64
9.19	86	1.64
8.96	61	1.64
12.86	81	1.84
9.79	81	1.84
10.90	24	1.59
11.30	72	1.69
11.51	26	1.69
10.02	77	1.40
8.32	23	1.40
10.96	55	1.72
12.76	37	1.72
12.36	53	1.72
6.33	89	1.72
9.53	69	1.72
7.95	85	1.72
12.44	63	1.46
11.57	38	1.46
11.69	80	1.27
11.02	58	1.45
11.87	58	1.45
10.16	73	1.40
10.09	36	1.40
10.66	66	1.40
10.29	78	1.77
10.11	49	1.94
13.66	43	1.94
11.91	78	1.73
11.99	82	1.73
11.70	50	1.73
8.30	74	1.73
7.64	36	1.73
9.07	87	1.73
7.90	57	1.73
10.81	77	1.92
10.87	19	1.92
13.85	71	1.92
9.12	46	1.92
12.92	56	1.81
11.43	53	1.81
11.67	88	1.62
12.21	42	1.63
9.15	76	1.63
11.86	62	1.63
12.23	31	1.63
11.17	30	1.63
10.89	56	1.63
9.77	22	1.63
11.47	45	1.63
11.74	26	1.63
9.44	28	1.75
9.67	44	1.75
12.83	89	1.75
14.32	76	1.75
13.40	72	1.75
11.27	31	1.75
9.36	82	1.70
10.07	87	1.70
10.02	59	1.84
14.31	55	1.70
13.43	59	1.70
11.39	81	1.70
10.66	42	1.70
13.23	48	1.94
11.74	68	1.94
13.78	46	1.59
9.78	86	1.59
12.22	77	1.59
9.89	47	1.59
11.47	27	1.59
13.35	68	1.59
10.19	26	1.59
7.60	31	1.59
15.68	55	1.59
12.19	23	1.59
12.22	68	1.72
13.10	70	1.56
11.40	81	1.56
9.96	84	1.56
10.14	62	1.56
10.67	56	1.56
8.23	32	1.56
10.64	73	1.73
8.00	58	1.73
13.69	38	1.65