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Table 1 Sample descriptions

From: Timing of retreat of the Reuss Glacier (Switzerland) at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum

Sample name

Lithology

Altitude (m)

Latitude, °N (DD.DD WGS84)

Longitude, °E (DD.DD WGS84)

Boulder height (cm)

Sample thickness (cm)

Thickness correction factora

Shielding correction factorb

Reuss-20

Granitic

502

47.34763

8.31435

130

4

0.9676

1

Reuss-21

Granitic

446

47.39520

8.19465

450

5

0.9597

1

Reuss-22

Granitic

475

47.39550

8.18832

350 dh120

3

0.9756

1

Rigi-1

Granitic

1,099

47.06427

8.46774

70

5

0.9597

0.9874

Rigi-2

Granitic

1,064

47.05581

8.45214

145

3

0.9756

0.9839

Rigi-3

Granitic

535

47.08772

8.45548

150

4

0.9676

0.9990

Rigi-4

Granitic

536

47.08772

8.45548

200

5

0.9597

0.9990

Rigi-5

Limestone

1,100

47.06798

8.47299

60

4

0.9670

0.9941

Rigi-6

Conglomerate

1,095

47.06797

8.47248

160

4

0.9670

0.9913

Rigi-7

Conglomerate

1,030

47.06094

8.45611

320

4

0.9670

0.9924

Rigi-8

Conglomerate

1,030

47.06125

8.45661

120

4

0.9670

0.9924

Rigi-9

Conglomerate

1,035

47.06611

8.46196

370

2

0.9833

0.9953

  1. dh difference of height from top of the boulder to nearest sediment cover
  2. aCorrection for sample thickness was done after Gosse and Phillips (2001), with mean attenuation length of 160 g cm−2 and rock density of 2.65 g cm−3
  3. bCalculated for topographic shielding and dip of the surface, after Dunne et al. (1999)