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.