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Table 1 Description of samples from the Jura Mountains

From: Multiple advances of Alpine glaciers into the Jura Mountains in the Northwestern Switzerland

Sample name

Lithology

Elevation (m a.s.l.)

Latitude, ºN (DD.DD)

Longitude, ºE (DD.DD)

Boulder heightc (m)

Sample thickness (cm)

Thickness correction factord

Shielding correction factore

Eastern transect

 MO-04-01a

Arolla Gneiss

1200

47.2240

7.3169

0.8

2

0.9836

0.9470

 MO-04-02a

Arolla Gneiss

1260

47.2181

7.3021

0.5

2

0.9836

0.9580

 MO-04-03a

Arolla Gneiss

1050

47.2092

7.2856

1.8

2

0.9836

0.9360

 MO-04-04a

Arolla Gneiss

1060

47.2097

7.2854

1.7

2

0.9836

0.8920

 RH-2

Mt. Blanc Granite

925

47.1718

7.2806

1.2

5

0.9597

0.9520

 RH-3c

Mt. Blanc Granite

928

47.1716

7.2816

2.0

5

0.9597

0.9520

Central transect

 PAB-1

Mt. Blanc Granite

710

47.0037

6.9104

5.0

3

0.9756

0.9580

 PAB-2

Mt. Blanc Granite

710

47.0037

6.9104

5.0

3.5

0.9716

0.9540

 PAB-3b

Mt. Blanc Granite

710

47.0037

6.9104

5.0

4

  

 VDR-1

Mt. Blanc Granite

990

47.0893

6.9645

1.5

4

0.9676

0.9040

 VDR-2

Mt. Blanc Granite

990

47.0893

6.9645

0.7

4

0.9676

0.9110

 VDR-3

Mt. Blanc Granite

990

47.0893

6.9645

1.2

3

0.9756

0.9110

 VDR-4

Applite Mt. Blanc

1010

47.0891

6.9595

1.2

3

0.9756

0.9110

 MDA-1

Crystalline

1398

47.0812

6.9032

0.2

3

0.9756

0.9560

 GRI-1

Arolla Gneiss

1090

47.0646

6.8392

1.7

3

0.9756

0.9390

 COR-1

Alallin Gabbro

1160

47.1044

6.8625

1.0

4

0.9676

0.9550

Western transect

 PBOL-1

Mt. Blanc Granite

1190

46.7803

6.4891

4.0

5

0.9597

0.9490

 CREB-1

Diorite

1220

46.7922

6.4916

1.2

1

0.9918

0.9700

 CREB-2

Mt. Blanc Granite

1257

46.7911

6.4880

1.8

1.5

0.9877

0.9560

 CREB-3

Mt. Blanc Granite

1230

46.7939

6.4924

1.2

1

0.9918

0.9900

 PEB-1

Quartzite

1245

46.7966

6.4623

0.6

5

0.9597

0.9600

 GJ-1

Quartzite

1075

46.8319

6.4633

1.0

2

0.9836

0.9800

 GJ-2

Quartzite

1079

46.8312

6.4628

0.3

2

0.9836

0.9300

  1. aData from Graf et al. (2007)
  2. bSample from the bottom of the boulder
  3. cDistance from the soil to the top of the boulder
  4. dCalculated for sample thickness with an uncertainty of ±0.5 cm after Gosse and Phillips (2001), with mean attenuation length of 160 g/cm2 and rock density of 2.65 g/cm3
  5. eCalculated for topographic shielding and dip of the surface after Dunne et al. (1999)