Phanerozoic thermochronology record of Afro-Arabia through space and time
Low-temperature thermochronology has been widely used in eastern Africa and Arabia (Afro-Arabia) to investigate the long-term thermal evolution of the crust in response to Phanerozoic tectonism. Yet, utilisation of this invaluable thermochronology record to inform numerical investigations into the long-term tectonothermal, geodynamic and landscape evolution of the region has been limited by the dispersion of these data across numerous disparate case studies. Here, we present a relational database of apatite (1787), zircon (68) and titanite fission-track (97) analyses, and apatite (1,945), zircon (3310), and titanite (U-Th)/He (83) ages, including 465 new fission-track and 2,583 new single-grain (U-Th)/He analyses from the region. Where available, all detailed data needed for performing thermal history modelling are presented. Also included are 668 digitised thermochronology-derived thermal history simulations. Collectively, this comprehensive database records the Phanerozoic thermal evolution of Afro-Arabia through space and time. The machine-readable database is made publicly available through the EarthBank platform, enabling 4D (3D through time) geospatial data interrogation.
Authors
- Wayne Noble (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7161-1875)
- B. Emmel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7138-6831)
- Romain Beucher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-5444)
- A. J. Gleadow
- Edgardo J. Pujols (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2810-279X)
- Barry Kohn
- Joachim Jacobs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-1232)
- Christian Seiler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8715-4824)
- Gary Hutchinson
- Fabian Kohlmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-5636)
- Vhairi Mackintosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4545-2038)
- Malcolm McMillan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-5680)
- David Belton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-6247)
- Samuel Boone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-7933)
- Maria‐Laura Balestrieri
- Daniel F. Stockli
- Danielle Majer-Kielbaska
- Matthias Daßinnes
- Abaz Alimanovic
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- SINTEF (NO)
- Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IT)
- Anglo American (United Kingdom) (GB)
- National Computational Infrastructure (AU)
- SINTEF Industry (NO)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Equinor (Norway) (NO)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04767-6
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.60