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Table 4 Chronology of the Swiss Deckenschotter sites

From: Early Pleistocene complex cut-and-fill sequences in the Alps

Site

Morphostratigraphic unit

Cosmogenic Nuclide

Age (Ma)

Source

Chroobach

HDS

10Be and 26Al

1.8 ± 0.1

This study

Irchel Steig

HDS

10Be and 26Al

0.9 ± 0.1

Claude et al. (2019)

Irchel Hütz

HDS

10Be and 26Al

0.9 ± 0.2

Claude et al. (2019)

Wilemer Irchel

HDS

10Be

2.8+1.8–1.0 (4 s)

Claude et al. (2019)

Hasli

HDS

10Be and 26Al

1.3 ± 0.1

This study

Hochwacht

HDS

10Be and 26Al

2.6 ± 0.1

This study

Schartenflue

HDS

10Be and 26Al

1.3 ± 0.1

This study

Stadlerberg

HDS

10Be

2.4+2.3–1.2 (3 s)

Claude et al. (2019)

Siglistorf

HDS

10Be and 26Al

1.5 ± 0.1

Akçar et al. (2017)

Feusi

HDS

10Be and 26Al

1.3 ± 0.1

Recalculated from Knudsen et al. (2020)

Tromsberg

HDS

10Be and 26Al

1.5 ± 0.1

Recalculated from Knudsen et al. (2020)

Iberig

TDS

10Be and 26Al

0.9 ± 0.1

Recalculated from Knudsen et al. (2020)

  1. Confidence levels of the modelled depth-profile ages are indicated in parentheses. Reported isochron-burial ages are calculated based on a 26Al/10Be surface ratio of 7.6 ± 0.8 after Akçar et al. (2017) within 1σ uncertainty
  2. HDS upper cover gravels, TDS lower cover gravels