This thermochronological dataset is a collection of apatite fission-track (AFT), apatite (U-Th)/He (AHe), and zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) data, eight time-temperature inverse model files (.hft), created and editable with the HeFTy Software v2.1.7 (Ketcham, 2005, 2024; Ketcham et al., 2007). AFT samples were processed by the Fission-Track Laboratory at the University of Innsbruck. AHe and ZHe data were processed by the Low-T Geochronology Lab at the University of Göttingen. The time-temperature models contain AFT data (grain ages, track lengths, dpar), AHe (AHe) data (age, radius, U-Th-Sm contents), and all necessary sample processing information required for the modelling. All AFT and AHe data have been obtained from rock samples along a N-S transect across the Trento Platform in the eastern Southern Alps. The dataset has been used to examine sedimentation and exhumation dynamics related to the Mesozoic geodynamic setting of northern Adria and Cenozoic orogenic events in the eastern Southern Alps. The results are provided by Klotz et al. (2025).
The software publcation contains a python script which can be used for enhanced visualization of inverse time-temperature models created with the HeFTy Software v2.1.7 (Ketcham, 2005, 2024; Ketcham et al., 2007). The script was generated and tested using a Spyder IDE 5.1 (conda) kernel with Anaconda Navigator v2.6.0. The output is a heatmap based on time-temperature path density, which is calculated by interpolating between the paths' turning points on a raster of 1Ma and 1°C. Processable data are inverse modelling export files (.txt) from the HeFTy software (v2.1.7). To generate a proper file in HeFTy, activate "inverse modelling", rightclick on the "time-temperature" panel, choose "Export" -> "Save as text". Please also consider the "REQUIRED USER INPUT" section of the script.
The new data set along the TRANSALP geophysical transect in the European Alps consists of three types: (i) new apatite and zircon fission data, (ii) a MOVE™ structural-kinematic model for the tectonic evolution along the transect since the Oligocene, and (iii) PECUBE input/output thermo-kinematic model data corresponding to the structural-kinematic MOVE™ model. The fission track data are provided as *.csv data tables formatted to be ideally opened and viewed in RadialPlotter (Vermeesch, 2009) or alternatively in any spreadsheet editor (e.g., Microsoft Excel). The MOVE™ files require the software MOVE™ licensed by Petroleum Experts. The PECUBE input/output files can be opened with any text editor (e.g., Microsoft Visual Code) or data analysis software (e.g., MATLAB™).
The data set includes supporting tables and figures to the main text of the manuscript entitled “Quantifying tectonic and glacial controls on topography in the Patagonian Andes (46.5°S) from integrated thermochronometry and thermokinematic modeling”. The paper focuses on tectonic and glacial contributions to the erosion history and topography in the Patagonian Andes (46.5°S).
The data set comprises (i) new bedrock thermochronometric ages (apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He, AHe and ZHe, respectively, and fission-track measurements, AFT and ZFT, respectively); (ii) published bedrock thermochronometric ages (AHe, AFT, ZHe and ZFT measurements), (iii) 3D thermo-kinematic model results and (iv) a table including parameters used in the modeling. The detailed analytical procedure is described in a description file (“2021-004_Andric-Tomasevic-et-al_Data-Description.pdf”).
The data set comprises new thermochronologic data along the TRANSALP geophysical transect in the Eastern Alps, i.e. (i) apatite and (ii) zircon (U-Th)/He measurements (Tables S1, S2 and S3), and (iii) HeFTy inverse thermal time-temperature-path models ('HeFTy_Models.zip') including a table of parameters used (Table S4). Individual model files can be opened using the HeFTy software (Ketcham et al., 2007).