Apatite fission track and apatite (helium) data from the Antarctic Peninsula, 2025

The files include full analytical details and datasets from University College London Geochronology Centre used for the acquisition of apatite fission track and apatite He data. 28 samples were analysed from a range of different lithologies to examine the uplift history of the Antarctic Peninsula since the Cretaceous. This is in order to understand the processes that led to areas of high elevation that will help interpret ice sheet nucleation. The samples were selected across three separate transects (1: northern Alexander Island to northwest Palmer Land; 2: Adelaide Island to Joerg Peninsula; 3: Livingston Island to James Ross Island) from the northern and central Antarctic Peninsula with 8-10 samples chosen along east-west transects from a range of elevations. The data were collected in the interval November 2023 to March 2024 at the University College London. The analyses were conducted by Gary Twinn and Andrew Carter (University College London).

Funding was provided by NERC NC-ALI funding to PICC.