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本数据集采集于2018年与2019年的野外考察季，用于通讯作者在墨尔本大学（University of Melbourne）完成的博士学位论文，以探究马拉维地区的热演化历史。本研究的测试结果均在澳大利亚墨尔本大学墨尔本热年代学实验室（Melbourne Thermochronology）完成。本数据集包含磷灰石裂变径迹（apatite fission track）、磷灰石（U-Th-Sm）/氦热年代学（apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He thermochronology）以及锆石（U-Th）/氦热年代学（zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology）测试结果，同时包含由QTQt软件生成的热历史反演模型。 相关分析方法详见以下文献： McMillan, M. F.、Boone, S. C.、Kohn, B. P.、Gleadow, A. J. 与 Chindandali, P. R. (2022). 马拉维尼卡高原的演化：长期稳定的古地表还是东非裂谷的现代地貌特征？《地球化学、地球物理学、地球系统》（Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems），23(8). DOI: 10.1029/2022gc010390