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Table 2 Description of samples from Möschberg, Grosshöchstetten

From: Post-depositional impacts on ‘Findlinge’ (erratic boulders) and their implications for surface-exposure dating

Sample name

Altitude (m)

Latitude, °N (DD.DD) WGS84

Longitude, °E (DD.DD) WGS84

Boulder height (cm)

Sample thickness (cm)

Thickness correction factora

Shielding correction factorb

MOE-1

898

46.91669

7.64149

85

5.0

0.9597

0.9207

MOE-2

900

46.91667

7.63165

90

5.0

0.9597

0.9999

MOE-3

918

46.91811

7.64647

100

4.0

0.9676

0.9985

  1. aCorrection for sample thickness was done after Gosse and Phillips (2001), with mean attenuation length of 160 g/cm2 and rock density of 2.65 g/cm3
  2. bCalculated for topographic shielding and dip of the surface after Dunne et al. (1999)
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