Citation:

PANGAEA.938031

Name: Fission-track length determination of the Southern Malawi Rift from rock sample IE0500008 (SW13 Lengths SNT (n=81))
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: -15.493750 * Longitude: 35.147600

Event(s):

IE0500008 * Latitude: -15.493750 * Longitude: 35.147600 * Location: Malawi * Method/Device: Rock sample (ROCK)

Comment:

Sample Number: SW 13

Position (#): 18

Area of Graticule Square: 6.400E-07

No. of Crystals: 20

Zeta Factor ±Error: 305.8± 8.4

Rho d (% Relative Error): 1.442E+06

N d: 4616

Mineral: Apatite

Glass (U ppm): 15

Irradiation: UA-A39

Analyst: Stuart Thomson

Locality: Malawi

Rock Type: Felsic Dike

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:

243 data points

Data

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1 l [µm]	2 Angle [deg]	3 Ø [µm]
13.04	38	1.81
15.19	17	1.81
11.28	36	1.76
14.10	60	1.76
12.68	51	2.00
13.38	82	1.81
11.06	76	2.07
14.99	44	1.76
12.84	72	1.85
14.02	3	1.83
13.58	71	2.09
12.69	79	1.88
9.39	89	1.53
10.46	65	1.53
15.31	46	1.98
11.52	27	1.98
11.76	67	2.00
10.00	79	1.89
12.47	80	1.77
12.16	68	2.01
12.18	52	1.84
11.84	74	1.67
14.23	69	1.93
15.21	67	1.71
14.97	17	1.71
11.62	65	1.60
13.04	70	2.24
12.30	37	1.77
11.64	58	1.67
14.25	37	2.05
14.31	27	2.20
13.35	88	1.94
11.67	46	1.91
12.90	18	1.96
11.12	88	1.98
15.29	51	2.15
10.30	40	1.90
12.30	75	1.90
12.48	58	1.90
14.46	71	2.17
12.84	68	2.11
14.18	86	2.11
13.25	57	2.23
11.62	79	2.10
8.39	68	1.89
12.57	48	1.81
13.75	85	1.88
14.03	66	2.16
8.45	74	2.18
13.67	79	2.31
13.02	84	2.27
12.56	71	2.16
14.07	66	2.27
10.75	81	1.94
13.78	52	1.91
14.21	35	2.22
11.05	71	2.10
13.72	51	2.10
9.94	82	1.88
11.78	51	1.91
12.23	49	1.92
13.27	48	2.23
14.75	86	2.14
14.59	40	2.09
13.48	63	2.13
13.53	20	2.04
10.57	88	1.95
12.92	75	2.17
16.15	31	2.17
12.06	49	2.45
14.52	53	2.29
12.10	63	2.01
14.03	72	1.96
11.93	72	2.21
16.20	52	2.21
14.61	31	2.21
13.43	87	2.21
11.14	52	2.21
13.46	14	2.21
12.07	42	2.21
13.42	86	2.04