Citation:

PANGAEA.938031

Name: Fission-track length determination of the Southern Malawi Rift from rock sample IE0500007 (Z16 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: -15.177900 * Longitude: 35.293267

Event(s):

IE0500007 * Latitude: -15.177900 * Longitude: 35.293267 * Location: Malawi * Method/Device: Rock sample (ROCK)

Comment:

Sample Number: Z 16

Position (#): 18

Area of Graticule Square: 6.400E-07

No. of Crystals: 20

Zeta Factor ±Error: 305.8± 8.4

Rho d (% Relative Error): 1.456E+06

N d: 4660

Mineral: Apatite

Glass (U ppm): 15

Irradiation: UA-A39

Analyst: Oyewande Ojo

Locality: Malawi

Rock Type: Syenite

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:

300 data points

Data

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1 l [µm]	2 Angle [deg]	3 Ø [µm]
12.98	30	1.80
14.08	33	1.80
10.87	57	1.80
13.66	45	2.02
13.19	74	1.89
12.43	38	1.89
15.38	32	1.89
13.18	46	1.55
13.72	59	2.02
13.04	54	2.02
13.94	69	2.12
14.38	62	1.73
13.35	10	1.56
13.34	83	1.56
13.65	81	1.83
13.71	71	1.83
13.61	64	1.88
13.28	86	1.48
11.42	80	1.48
11.41	56	1.48
14.51	46	1.48
11.69	69	1.48
12.31	17	1.79
16.82	10	1.79
14.76	47	1.79
12.29	77	1.79
11.57	12	2.05
14.19	82	1.97
13.91	73	2.24
13.84	78	2.24
12.24	55	2.05
13.23	87	1.82
13.63	63	1.82
12.12	66	1.82
13.51	64	1.77
12.97	73	1.83
14.03	47	2.12
13.46	60	2.00
13.65	62	1.67
13.97	81	1.67
14.37	86	1.67
11.88	53	1.68
13.26	42	1.86
14.80	56	1.84
12.21	54	1.84
13.29	83	1.84
11.06	69	1.84
13.61	9	1.84
13.28	39	1.85
14.68	34	1.85
13.54	38	1.85
13.88	51	1.89
11.74	69	1.99
13.38	48	1.99
14.52	81	1.99
12.07	61	2.17
14.53	76	1.88
12.78	76	1.88
14.30	71	1.67
15.23	70	1.50
13.29	75	1.68
14.18	66	2.24
13.23	62	1.73
13.34	68	1.66
13.26	72	1.94
13.20	69	1.94
14.55	39	2.21
13.24	40	2.21
12.63	67	1.65
15.51	50	1.65
14.45	69	1.65
14.30	53	1.65
12.06	68	1.50
12.75	24	1.67
14.06	6	1.67
10.12	83	1.92
16.07	57	1.92
13.39	87	1.79
13.64	88	1.84
12.29	66	1.84
14.56	56	1.75
14.27	58	2.25
10.98	68	2.25
13.80	15	2.25
13.77	54	2.25
15.13	37	1.74
14.06	68	1.74
13.36	83	1.95
13.93	57	1.95
12.02	64	2.01
14.46	59	2.01
12.76	69	2.06
9.87	80	2.06
12.81	59	2.08
13.66	72	2.08
12.65	55	2.08
13.80	58	2.08
13.51	40	1.74
11.66	76	1.74
12.53	49	1.82