Citation:

PANGAEA.938031

Name: Fission-track length determination of the Southern Malawi Rift from rock sample IE0500008 (Z22 Lengths (n=107))
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: Z 22

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: Oyewande Ojo

Locality: Malawi

Rock Type: Slightly foliated granite

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:

321 data points

Data

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1 l [µm]	2 Angle [deg]	3 Ø [µm]
9.16	85	1.81
9.78	90	1.81
13.20	32	1.81
12.30	55	1.81
12.83	62	1.81
9.90	13	1.68
10.61	71	1.68
11.06	44	1.68
13.07	31	1.68
11.40	86	1.68
12.81	56	1.68
15.37	5	1.79
13.37	35	1.79
13.02	32	1.79
13.85	49	1.79
12.30	7	1.79
14.33	54	1.53
13.88	60	1.53
14.14	19	1.53
13.37	64	1.53
12.64	16	1.53
13.37	15	1.53
9.95	74	1.53
9.84	49	1.53
11.53	48	1.53
10.10	37	1.53
12.42	3	1.53
14.08	85	1.53
15.49	35	1.53
10.75	46	1.53
14.45	87	1.53
11.98	66	1.86
13.27	58	1.86
13.82	42	1.86
13.06	71	1.86
12.30	51	1.57
10.75	65	1.57
12.33	71	1.57
12.24	55	1.57
10.80	62	1.57
13.51	73	1.57
13.42	77	1.57
13.11	63	1.57
10.46	47	1.57
14.54	72	1.57
11.28	30	1.86
13.89	75	1.86
13.32	72	1.86
11.70	54	1.86
13.31	13	1.86
13.60	57	1.86
11.09	63	1.86
11.13	78	1.86
13.27	49	1.86
11.37	88	1.86
13.20	77	1.86
11.82	80	1.86
13.04	81	1.86
13.06	77	1.86
11.18	70	1.86
11.58	31	1.86
12.12	36	1.86
12.27	76	1.59
12.32	67	1.59
12.98	34	1.59
14.86	69	1.60
13.78	33	1.60
14.27	45	1.60
11.36	53	1.60
10.50	34	1.60
10.91	75	1.60
10.33	59	1.79
10.93	28	1.79
13.22	30	1.66
11.89	12	1.66
14.06	20	1.66
9.38	27	1.66
12.56	38	1.50
13.32	78	1.50
9.70	67	1.50
14.66	29	1.77
13.25	40	1.77
13.02	16	1.77
13.56	77	1.77
14.18	50	1.77
11.92	78	1.77
13.27	81	1.47
10.14	69	1.47
13.76	71	1.47
12.41	33	1.47
12.53	68	1.47
13.07	68	1.47
12.86	81	1.47
10.33	6	1.47
13.01	75	1.47
11.22	21	1.47
9.82	10	1.47
16.41	6	1.47
13.50	77	1.47
13.82	84	1.47
12.16	85	1.80
10.95	53	1.80
11.51	47	1.80
13.55	68	1.59
14.88	61	1.59
14.29	48	1.59
13.84	67	1.59