Lewin, Anna Anna Lewin 0000-0002-8099-2390 Meinhold, Guido Guido Meinhold 0000-0001-8375-8375 Hinderer, Matthias Matthias Hinderer 0000-0002-5528-3728 Dawit, Enkurie L. Enkurie L. Dawit Bussert, Robert Robert Bussert 0000-0003-3891-2315 Berndt, Jasper Jasper Berndt 0000-0002-6766-3066 Analytical data of U-Pb zircon chronology of sandstone samples from the Enticho Sandstone and the Edaga Arbi Glacials (Palaeozoic, Ethiopia) TU Darmstadt 2020 Palaeozoic Enticho Sandstone Edaga Arbi Glacials U-Pb Provenance 314-01 Geologie, Ingenieurgeologie, Paläontologie 314-01 Geology and Palaeontology 550 TU Darmstadt 2020-12-01 2020-12-01 2020-01 en Dataset https://tudatalib.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/handle/tudatalib/2534 https://doi.org/10.25534/tudatalib-363 https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/13300 Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) v1.0 Palaeozoic sedimentary successions in northern Ethiopia contain evidence for two Gondwana glaciations during the Late Ordovician and Carboniferous–Permian. We compare sediments of the two glaciations regarding their detrital zircon U–Pb ages. The main age group for both formations is Pan-African (c. 550–700 Ma). However, the remaining spectra are different: The Upper Ordovician–Lower Silurian Enticho Sandstone is characterised by a Stenian–Tonian (c. 1 Ga) zircon population. The Carboniferous–Permian Edaga Arbi Glacials contain a prominent c. 800 Ma population. The Stenian–Tonian zircons are likely derived from the centre of the East African Orogen and were supplied via the Gondwana super-fan system. This material was transported by the Late Ordovician glaciers and formed the Enticho Sandstone. Tonian (c. 800 Ma) zircons are abundant in the Ethiopian basement and represent the earliest formation stage of the southern Arabian–Nubian Shield. Glaciers of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age must have cut deeply into the basement for efficient erosion. No recycling of the Enticho Sandstone by the Edaga Arbi Glacials took place on a grand scale — probably because sedimentation of the former was limited to northern Ethiopia, whereas the source area for the latter was to the south.