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Table T6. Paleomagnetic age datums, Site C0012.

Datum Boundary
age (Ma)
Upper Lower Average depth (mbsf)
Core, section, interval (cm) Depth (mbsf) Core, section, interval (cm) Depth (mbsf)
Magnetic   333-C0012C- 333-C0012C-  
Brunhes/Matuyama 0.78 2H-1, 27 4.76 2H-1, 87 5.32 5.04
Jaramillo top 0.99 2H-2, 38 6.20 2H-2, 88 6.67 6.43
Jaramillo base 1.07 2H-4, 22 8.70 2H-4, 90 9.34 9.02
Cobb Mountain 1.173–1.185          
Olduvai top 1.78          
Olduvai base 1.95          
Matuyama/Gauss 2.85          
Keana top 3.03          
Keana base 3.12          
Mammoth top 3.21          
Mammoth base 3.33          
Gauss/Gilbert 3.60 3H-3, 88 17.47 3H-4, 88 18.81 18.14
Cochiti top 4.19 7H-2, 35 53.52 7H-5, 55 56.38 54.95
Cochiti base 4.30 8H-3, 10 62.73 8H-3, 112 63.68 63.20
Nunivak top 4.49 9H-6, 90 76.36 9H-7, 90 77.80 77.08
Nunivak base 4.63          
Sidufjall top 4.80          
Sidufjall base 4.90          
Thvera top 5.00          
Thvera base 5.24 10H-9, 10 85.16 11H-1, 19 86.68 85.92
Gilbert/C3An.1n 6.03 13H-1, 19 102.19 13H-1, 91 102.91 102.55
C3An.1n/C3An.1r 6.25 14H-1, 30 108.27 14H-3, 25 108.80 108.53
C3An.1r/C3An.2n 6.44 14H-4, 96 110.17 14H-5, 20 110.76 110.46
C3An.2n/C3Ar 6.73 14H-7, 13 113.25 14H-7, 89 113.94 113.60
    333-C0012D- 333-C0012D-  
C3Ar/C3Bn 7.14 2H-7, 90 123.34 2H-8, 15 123.93 123.63
C3Bn/C3Br.1r 7.21          
C3Br.1r/C3Br.1n 7.25          
C3Br.1n/C3Br.2r 7.29          
C3Br.2r/C3Br.2n 7.45 3H-4, 90.5 130.35 3H-4, 90.5 130.35 130.35
C3Br.2n/C3Br.3r 7.49          
C3Br.3r/C4n.1n 7.53          
C4n.1n/C4n.1r 7.64 4H-5, 67 138.11 4H-6, 20 138.90 138.51
C4n.1r/C4n.2n 7.70 5H-2, 30 142.71 5H-3, 48 144.31 143.51
C4n.2n/C4r.1r 8.11 11H-3, 31 172.52 11H-4, 67 173.67 173.09
Tephra   333-C0012C- 333-C0012C-  
Azuki volcanic ash bed 0.85 2H-1, 118 5.61 2H-1, 132 5.75 5.68
Pink volcanic ash bed 1.05 2H-3, 40 7.54 2H-3, 73 7.85 7.70
Ohta volcanic ash bed 3.9 6H-2, 120 44.93 6H-2, 124.5 44.97 44.95

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