Data sets related to the article "Kinematics and age of the orogen-perpendicular Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault in North Albania constrained by fault-slip data, Raman spectroscopy and K-Ar fault-gouge dating" published in Tectonics by Schmitz et al. (2025)

This dataset comprises mineralogical and geochemical data collected from rock samples from the Shkodra-Peja-Normal-Fault (Northern Albania). The data include:

X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Measurements:Quantitative and qualitative mineralogical compositions determined for each sample. The XRD results provide relative abundance of minerals, with raw data files (BRML/HPF) of the spectra. This data was used for illite crystallinity as well as illite age analysis. The enclosed XLSX-File describes the measuring routine and nomenclature of the measurements.

Raman Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Material (RSCM):Raman spectra were acquired to assess the degree of graphitization and estimate peak metamorphic temperatures. The dataset includes raw spectra (TXT) and microscopic images of the thin section with (TIFF) and without (JPG) marks for measured spots. Furthermore, measurement settings (L6M) and calculated temperature estimates (XLSX) based on Lahfid et al. (2010) are included.

Evaluation tables for Illite Crystallinity (XLSX)

Evaluation tables for Illite Age Analyses (XLSX)

Evaluation tables for RSCM (XLSX)

Keywords:X-ray diffraction, XRD, Raman spectroscopy, RSCM, illite crystallinity, IC Kübler Index, metamorphic grade, mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, illite age analysis, IAA

Usage Notes:All data are released under CC BY 4.0. Please cite this dataset using the provided DOI. For further methodological details, see the associated publication or contact the corresponding author.