Malawi, Africa Low-Temperature Thermochronology Data

This data was collected during field seasons in 2018 and 2019 for the corresponding author's PhD dissertation at the University of Melbourne to study the thermal history of the Malawi region. Results were obtained at Melbourne Thermochronology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. This dataset contains apatite fission track, apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology results, along with inverse thermal history models generated from QTQt.

Analytical methodology can be found in:
McMillan, M. F., Boone, S. C., Kohn, B. P., Gleadow, A. J., & Chindandali, P. R. (2022). Development of the Nyika Plateau, Malawi: A Long Lived Paleo-Surface or a Contemporary Feature of the East African Rift? Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(8). doi:10.1029/2022gc010390

本数据集的收集源于2018年至2019年间的实地考察季节，对应作者在墨尔本大学攻读博士学位期间的研究成果，旨在探究马拉维地区的热历史。相关研究成果由澳大利亚墨尔本大学的墨尔本热年代学实验室获得。该数据集涵盖了磷灰石裂变径迹、磷灰石(U-Th-Sm)/He以及锆石(U-Th)/He热年代学数据，以及由QTQt生成的逆向热历史模型。分析方法的详细信息可参考以下文献：McMillan, M. F.，Boone, S. C.，Kohn, B. P.，Gleadow, A. J.，& Chindandali, P. R.（2022）。马拉维尼亚卡高原的演化：一个长期存在的古地表还是东非裂谷的现代特征？地球化学，地球物理学，地球系统，23(8)。DOI：10.1029/2022gc010390。