Citation:

PANGAEA.938031

Name: Fission-track length determination of the Southern Malawi Rift from rock sample IE050000A (SE18-1-2 Lengths SNT (n=104))
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: -16.019267 * Longitude: 34.863583

Event(s):

IE050000A * Latitude: -16.019267 * Longitude: 34.863583 * Location: Malawi * Method/Device: Rock sample (ROCK)

Comment:

Sample Number: SE18-1-2

Position (#): 18

Area of Graticule Square: 6.400E-07

No. of Crystals: 20

Zeta Factor ±Error: 305.8± 8.4

Rho d (% Relative Error): 1.511E+06

N d: 4836

Mineral: Apatite

Glass (U ppm): 15

Irradiation: UA-A39

Analyst: Stuart Thomson

Locality: Malawi

Rock Type: Gneiss

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Length	l	µm	Thomson, Stuart N	Fission-track
2	Angle	Angle	deg	Thomson, Stuart N	Fission-track	Angle between each fission track and the grain c-axis
3	Diameter	Ø	µm	Thomson, Stuart N	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:

312 data points

Data

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1 l [µm]	2 Angle [deg]	3 Ø [µm]
15.27	46	2.08
13.66	62	2.05
13.06	15	1.96
13.70	69	1.96
13.30	34	1.99
11.68	82	1.86
13.65	50	2.08
11.35	53	2.08
11.53	73	2.06
13.20	67	2.06
13.32	84	1.76
12.37	86	1.68
11.15	89	1.80
11.26	63	1.80
12.09	70	2.34
14.25	40	2.34
14.25	59	2.34
13.13	81	1.89
11.54	81	1.89
11.40	32	1.89
12.72	68	2.01
14.69	2	2.01
15.06	30	2.21
14.14	54	1.83
12.86	54	1.83
15.08	50	1.83
13.14	81	1.83
14.76	66	1.92
12.51	86	1.84
11.67	56	1.78
12.32	66	1.84
7.37	50	1.84
10.57	75	1.84
12.86	56	2.39
11.00	85	2.39
12.53	51	2.39
13.80	57	1.87
12.31	74	1.87
14.78	66	1.87
13.97	27	1.85
15.08	53	1.99
11.06	56	2.09
11.71	52	2.08
14.28	56	2.08
14.16	54	1.88
14.70	31	1.88
13.28	66	1.89
14.89	65	1.89
13.65	43	1.89
13.37	1	1.90
14.67	54	1.90
12.32	81	2.11
12.97	47	2.11
13.18	80	2.08
14.45	82	2.08
13.31	89	1.98
12.23	65	1.98
13.18	66	1.81
12.19	67	1.81
12.15	83	1.81
12.44	83	1.81
14.59	54	1.59
15.08	54	1.59
12.69	90	1.92
14.05	75	1.92
13.32	48	1.92
12.92	77	1.92
11.61	77	2.10
10.83	47	2.10
12.15	68	2.10
14.06	79	2.10
13.93	72	2.10
14.35	80	1.64
15.99	52	1.64
8.83	68	1.95
12.82	75	1.95
12.69	87	1.90
13.66	43	1.90
15.27	82	1.55
14.27	90	1.67
12.50	61	1.69
14.20	86	1.69
14.41	39	1.89
13.40	62	1.89
13.30	72	1.89
12.52	56	2.01
12.60	85	2.01
13.36	63	2.00
13.11	73	2.56
13.98	89	2.56
14.31	40	1.99
14.43	51	1.78
14.22	71	2.09
14.32	75	2.02
14.35	48	2.02
14.80	75	2.02
11.54	36	2.02
15.18	71	2.02
11.16	53	1.87
13.90	85	1.80
14.82	58	1.80
14.64	84	1.80
13.32	66	1.80
10.32	59	1.80