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Table T3. Quantification limits for inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) analyses of all wavelengths measured at Sites U1417–U1421 and relative standard deviations (RSDs) for all wavelengths based on samples with element concentrations above the respective quantification limits.

  B (µM)
249.677
B (µM)
249.772
Ba (µM)
455.403
Ba (µM)
493.409
Fe (µM)
239.563
Fe (µM)
259.940
Li (µM)
670.784
Mn (µM)
257.610
Mn (µM)
259.372
Si (µM)
250.690
Si (µM)
251.611
Sr (µM)
407.771
Sr (µM)
421.552
Sr (µM)
460.733
Site U1417 ICP-AES minor elements                            
Quantification limits (5 × StdDev of blank) 17.64 4.38 0.33 0.56 2.02 0.65 3.01 0.33 0.63 19.56 24.13 0.21 0.24 2.53
RSD% for IW values above quantification limits <9 <9 <8 <10 <10 <6 <7 <7 <8 <7 <6 <7
Site U1418 ICP-AES Minor elements                            
Quantification limits (5 × StdDev of blank) 42.25 13.08 0.56 0.34 1.94 1.08 6.04 0.74 0.56 23.76 9.99 Rejected Rejected 4.04
RSD% for IW values above quantification limits <8 <9 <5 <5 <12 <13 <14 <6 <7 <6 <7 Rejected Rejected <6
Site U1419 ICP-AES Minor elements                            
Quantification limits (5 × StdDev of blank) 50.75 8.23 0.46 0.85 0.81 0.28 7.16 0.23 0.34 10.14 4.36 Rejected Rejected 3.58
RSD% for IW values above quantification limits <6 <5 <7 <6 <11 <13 <8 <6 <9 <5 <6 Rejected Rejected <4

StdDev = standard deviation, IW = interstitial water. Bold = selected wavelengths for respective elements. — = not calculated; rejected = values not reportable.

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