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Table 2 U-series dating results

From: The Misery Point cliff, Mayaguana Island, SE Bahamas: a unique record of sea-level highstands since the Early Pleistocene

Sample (Fab)

Loc.

Co.

Calcite (%)

Age (ky)

± (ky)

238U (ppm)

± (ppm)

232Th (ppb)

± (ppb)

230Th/232Th (dpm/dpm)

±

230Th/238U (dpm/dpm)

±

234U/238U (dpm/dpm)

±

234U/238U init. (dpm/dpm)

43

CC2

A.c.

99.2

>842.48

n.d.

0.356

0.000

1.892

0.013

617

5

1.05801

0.00318

1.0344

0.0025

n.d.

48

FR1

M.a.

0.7

122.99

0.74

2.832

0.002

1.210

0.013

5491

61

0.75757

0.00087

1.1076

0.0010

1.5667

49

FR2

D.c.

1.7

122.28

0.58

2.698

0.002

1.258

0.014

5039

57

0.75920

0.00108

1.1065

0.0013

1.5683

52a

CC

spel.

100.0

24.75

2.04

0.193

0.000

43.840

0.095

3.38

0.02

0.24761

0.00119

1.0039

0.0012

1.0769

52b

CC

spel.

98.5

37.43

0.36

0.356

0.001

6.231

0.015

53.3

0.2

0.30146

0.00091

1.0258

0.0029

1.1407

175

WCT

A.p.

0.0

125.47

0.93

2.314

0.002

0.016

0.053

338724

101461

0.7676

0.0016

1.1070

0.0010

1.1520

182

CC1

D.s.

98.4

n.d

n.d.

0.828

0.001

4.803

0.054

639

7.49

1.1973

0.0039

1.0370

0.0020

n.d.

184

ECT

D.s.

3.0

122.70

0.99

2.673

0.002

3.577

0.047

1746

23.21

0.7549

0.0020

1.1020

0.0010

1.1440

  1. Loc.= sample location, CCx central cliff unit x, FRx fringing reef facies x, WCT Western coral terrace, ECT Eastern coral terrace, Co = sample type, A.c. Acropora cervicornis, M.a. Montastrea annularis, D.c. Diploria clivosa, D.s. Diploria strigosa, spel. speleothem, A.p. Acropora palmata