Citation:

PANGAEA.938031

Name: Fission-track length determination of the Southern Malawi Rift from rock sample IE050000C (SW7-1 Lengths SNT (n=100))
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: -15.876417 * Longitude: 34.387933

Event(s):

IE050000C * Latitude: -15.876417 * Longitude: 34.387933 * Location: Malawi * Method/Device: Rock sample (ROCK)

Comment:

Sample Number: SW7-1

Position (#): 18

Area of Graticule Square: 6.400E-07

No. of Crystals: 20

Zeta Factor ±Error: 305.8± 8.4

Rho d (% Relative Error): 1.4848E+06

N d: 4748

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:

300 data points

Data

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1 l [µm]	2 Angle [deg]	3 Ø [µm]
12.74	26	1.76
12.98	24	1.89
10.92	85	2.09
12.48	71	1.83
12.63	70	1.83
11.93	85	1.83
14.00	53	1.83
13.65	85	1.83
13.02	80	1.85
12.86	77	1.79
12.35	76	2.17
11.27	66	2.17
12.59	32	2.17
12.89	50	2.17
13.64	23	1.99
12.77	11	1.99
12.59	85	2.20
12.46	81	2.20
13.45	62	2.20
14.47	53	2.20
13.39	24	1.72
12.77	61	1.89
13.48	46	1.89
13.74	69	2.14
13.28	89	1.79
13.74	47	1.56
13.24	51	2.02
12.93	2	1.86
13.01	51	1.86
11.31	79	1.86
13.06	68	1.85
11.08	64	1.62
13.50	78	1.72
14.90	26	1.79
14.03	86	1.77
12.43	81	2.03
12.05	87	1.80
11.54	33	1.80
12.61	69	1.68
12.09	39	1.52
13.03	45	1.52
12.97	37	1.52
12.37	81	1.95
12.43	13	1.95
11.89	89	1.91
12.96	35	1.88
13.82	69	1.70
11.81	41	1.70
12.71	86	1.70
13.93	50	1.70
12.13	7	1.70
14.18	84	2.08
12.86	39	2.08
12.40	48	2.07
13.44	58	1.75
12.82	41	1.75
14.87	29	1.75
14.76	33	1.75
10.34	89	1.84
10.12	86	1.84
14.29	81	1.81
13.47	51	1.81
12.70	71	2.07
11.58	59	2.07
12.78	78	2.07
13.91	80	2.07
13.69	29	1.97
11.85	83	1.68
13.37	15	2.14
12.52	6	1.74
12.72	61	1.60
11.68	68	2.09
12.96	37	1.67
12.85	42	1.67
10.72	81	1.85
12.82	40	1.65
12.13	85	1.74
13.02	52	1.74
12.09	20	1.74
13.14	44	1.84
11.41	79	1.84
11.61	44	1.82
12.42	58	1.82
13.21	49	1.82
12.99	21	1.81
13.62	41	1.80
14.63	58	1.80
10.76	64	1.80
13.93	56	1.91
10.54	50	1.84
11.20	45	1.99
10.65	73	2.01
12.94	77	2.10
13.91	32	2.10
13.54	22	1.50
11.88	42	2.00
12.19	49	1.75
13.41	49	1.75
12.71	81	1.86
12.79	55	2.17