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Table 2 (U–Th–[Sm])/He results

From: Tracing metamorphism, exhumation and topographic evolution in orogenic belts by multiple thermochronology: a case study from the Nízke Tatry Mts., Western Carpathians

Sample code

Nc

Th (ng)

Th error (%)

U (ng)

U error (%)

Sm (ng)

Sm error (%)

He (ncc)

He error (%)

TAU (%)

Th/U

Unc. age (Ma)

±1σ (Ma)

Ft

Cor. age (Ma)

±1σ (Ma)

Apatite

NT-1#1

1

0.139

2.4

0.244

0.2

1.296

5.8

0.417

0.9

2.4

0.56

11.9

0.3

0.75

15.8

0.9

NT-1#2

1

0.077

2.5

0.207

1.9

1.110

6.1

0.373

0.9

2.4

0.37

13.1

0.3

0.72

18.1

1.1

NT-1#3

1

0.138

2.4

0.234

1.9

1.491

5.6

0.453

0.9

2.4

0.59

13.4

0.3

0.72

18.6

1.1

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma)

17.5 ± 1.5

NT-2#0

2

0.132

1.1

0.286

1.7

N/a

n/a

0.443

2.6

3.1

0.46

11.5

0.4

0.74

15.6

0.9

NT-2#1

1

0.137

1.5

0.166

1.2

n/a

n/a

0.284

4.5

4.7

0.82

11.8

0.6

0.73

16.1

1.1

NT-2#2

1

0.015

2.9

0.186

1.9

0.417

5.6

0.294

0.9

2.3

0.08

12.5

0.3

0.61

20.6

1.2

NT-2#3

1

0.014

2.9

0.140

2.0

0.378

5.9

0.230

0.9

2.4

0.10

12.9

0.3

0.65

20.0

1.2

NT-2#4

1

0.017

2.8

0.251

1.9

0.757

5.7

0.390

0.9

2.2

0.07

12.3

0.3

0.67

18.2

1.1

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma)

18.0 ± 2.2

NT-3#1

1

0.028

2.7

0.071

2.6

0.442

5.6

0.158

0.9

2.9

0.38

15.9

0.6

0.62

25.5

1.6

NT-3#2

1

0.016

2.9

0.054

3.2

0.395

5.5

0.076

0.9

3.4

0.30

10.2

0.4

0.65

15.8

1.0

NT-3#3

1

0.019

2.8

0.056

3.0

0.405

5.7

0.107

0.9

3.3

0.34

13.8

0.5

0.68

20.4

1.3

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma)

20.2 ± 4.9

NT-4#1

1

0.017

2.9

0.031

4.5

0.127

6.0

0.068

0.9

4.5

0.55

15.4

0.7

0.71

21.9

1.5

NT-4#2

1

0.017

2.9

0.041

3.5

0.139

5.6

0.074

0.9

3.6

0.42

13.1

0.5

0.68

19.3

1.2

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma)

20.6 ± 1.8

NT-5#1

1

0.043

2.6

0.185

1.9

1.034

5.5

0.362

0.9

2.4

0.23

14.6

0.5

0.70

20.9

1.2

NT-5#2

1

0.021

2.8

0.118

2.1

1.193

5.7

0.236

0.9

2.7

0.18

14.7

0.6

0.75

19.6

1.2

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma)

20.2 ± 0.7

Zircon

NT-2#1*

1

0.875

5.3

4.884

4.3

n/a

n/a

36.589

0.5

4.4

0.18

58.8

2.6

0.81

72.6

4.8

NT-2#2

1

1.207

5.3

5.339

4.3

n/a

n/a

29.953

0.5

4.4

0.23

43.6

1.9

0.84

52.1

3.5

NT-2#3*

1

1.270

5.3

3.467

4.3

n/a

n/a

30.424

0.5

4.4

0.37

66.1

2.9

0.86

77.1

5.1

NT-2#4

1

0.596

4.6

1.336

4.8

n/a

n/a

8.177

1.2

4.9

0.45

45.4

2.2

0.85

53.4

3.8

NT-2#5

1

0.557

4.5

0.820

4.8

n/a

n/a

3.985

1.2

4.9

0.68

34.4

1.7

0.80

43.0

3.0

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (all replicates)

58.2 ± 14.5

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (fliers omitted)

49.3 ± 5.7

NT-3#1

1

0.895

5.3

2.486

4.3

n/a

n/a

14.666

0.5

4.4

0.36

44.6

2.0

0.85

52.6

3.5

NT-3#2*

1

1.822

5.3

4.074

4.3

n/a

n/a

36.657

0.6

4.4

0.45

66.6

2.9

0.86

77.8

5.2

NT-3#3

1

1.273

5.3

4.871

4.3

n/a

n/a

26.945

0.5

4.4

0.26

42.7

1.9

0.86

49.8

3.3

NT-3#4

1

0.232

4.4

1.917

4.8

n/a

n/a

10.273

1.2

4.9

0.12

42.7

2.1

0.87

49.4

3.5

NT-3#5

1

0.274

4.4

0.822

4.8

n/a

n/a

4.832

0.9

4.8

0.33

44.6

2.2

0.86

51.9

3.6

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (all replicates)

55.4 ± 12.1

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (fliers omitted)

50.9 ± 1.6

NT-4#1

1

0.278

5.3

4.580

4.3

n/a

n/a

15.118

0.5

4.3

0.06

26.7

1.2

0.68

39.4

2.6

NT-4#2

1

0.638

5.3

6.505

4.3

n/a

n/a

23.758

0.5

4.4

0.10

29.3

1.3

0.68

43.3

2.9

NT-4#3

1

0.034

4.8

0.669

4.8

n/a

n/a

2.919

0.9

4.9

0.05

35.3

1.7

0.76

46.4

3.2

NT-4#4*

1

0.465

5.3

3.097

4.3

n/a

n/a

20.458

0.5

4.4

0.15

52.2

2.3

0.80

65.0

4.3

NT-4#5

1

0.206

4.7

1.755

4.9

n/a

n/a

7.845

0.9

4.9

0.12

35.7

1.8

0.72

49.6

3.5

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (all replicates)

         

48.0 ± 9.8

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (fliers omitted)

44.5 ± 4.3

NT-5#1

1

0.583

5.3

6.019

4.3

n/a

n/a

24.474

0.5

4.3

0.10

32.6

1.4

0.77

42.1

2.8

NT-5#2

1

0.656

5.3

7.432

4.3

n/a

n/a

36.121

0.5

4.4

0.09

39.0

1.7

0.82

47.6

3.2

NT-5#3

1

0.639

5.3

3.162

4.3

n/a

n/a

13.000

0.5

4.4

0.20

32.2

1.4

0.78

41.4

2.7

NT-5#4*

1

0.079

4.6

0.706

4.9

n/a

n/a

4.343

0.9

5.0

0.11

49.0

2.4

0.84

58.3

4.1

NT-5#5

1

0.113

4.4

0.634

4.8

n/a

n/a

2.733

0.9

4.9

0.18

33.9

1.7

0.77

44.0

3.1

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (all replicates)

         

46.3 ± 6.9

Central age (Ma) ± SD (Ma) (fliers omitted)

43.7 ± 2.8

  1. Aliquots NT-2#0 and NT-2#1 were He extracted by furnace, the rest by laser. Samples marked with asterisk are considered as ‘fliers’
  2. N c number of dated crystals, Th232Th, U238U, Sm147Sm, He4He at STP, TAU total analytical uncertainty, Unc. age uncorrected He age, Ft alpha recoil correction factor after Farley et al. (1996) an Hourigan et al. (2005), Cor. age corrected He age
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