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Table 4 Proposed age model for the units of the central cliff at Misery Point

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

Units

Setting

Samples (#)

87Sr/86Sr (average)

Mean age (Ma)

Maximum range

Minimum range

Preferred correlation

(Ma)

MIS

(Ma)

MIS

U4

Eolian

5

0.709153

0.668

0.852–0.484

22–13

0.712–0.628

18–16

MIS 17

U3

Beach

3

0.709141

0.943

1.095–0.748

32–18

0.997–0.888

28–22

MIS 25

U2

Reef

4

0.709131

1.116

1.242–0.977

37–27

1.156–1.078

35–31

MIS 31

U1

Lagoon

16

0.709126

1.190

1.348–1.016

43–29

1.228–1.150

37–35

MIS 37

  1. Age interpretations for the lithologic units of the central cliff based on Sr-isotope data (Table 1). Rejected samples are not considered in these interpretations. See text for more explanations
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