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Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Table 3 Amino-acid racemization dating results

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

Sample#

Unit

Sect.

A/I ratio measured

STD

Aminozone

MIS

FAb 174

CT

–

0.301

0.002

C

5a

FAb 172

SB

1

0.372

0.001

C–E1

5a–5e

FAb 38

4

2

0.418

0.001

E 1

Late 5e

FAb 56

1

1

0.518

0.039

E2 –F/G

5e–7

Sample #

Unit

Sect.

A/I ratio calculated

STD

Aminozone

MIS

FAb 171

4

1

0.779

0.001

I

>13

FAb 38

4

2

0.342

0.027

C

5a

FAb 42

3

2

0.767

0.007

H–I

9 ≥13

FAb 43

2

2

0.354

0.035

C–E1

5a–5e

FAb 45

1

2

0.343

0.006

C

5a

  1. Upper portion of the table provides measured A/I ratios (IE-HPLC method); lower portion of the table gives calculated A/I ratios from measured D/L Glu values with the RPLC technique
  2. Sct. Section number, STD standard deviation, MIS marine isotope stage, CT coral terrace, SB serpulid boundstone
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