Table 4. Results of 40Ar/39Ar laser dating.
Core, section, interval (cm)
Sample
Mineral
N
Type
Age (Ma)
Error (1)
MSWD
Isochron age (Ma)
Error
(1)
Initial 40Ar/36Ar
Error
(1)
MSWD
161-977A-60X-1, 0-7
7521
Plagioclase 9 SX-MAA 9.55 0.49 1.64 9.46 0.11
307
12 1.32
977A-60X-1, 0-7
7521
Sanidine 1 SX-A 9.25 0.02





977A-60X-1, 0-7
7521
Biotite 14 SH-IA 9.49 0.05   9.41 0.10
298
5 6.88
977A-61X-1, 0-7
7522
Plagioclase 10 SX-MAA 9.70 0.07 3.98 9.51 0.14
341
31 2.71
977A-61X-1, 0-7
7522
Sanidine 1 SX-A 9.29 0.02





977A-61X-1, 0-7
7522
Biotite 7 SH-IA 9.25 0.05   9.29 0.10
296
12 1.64
977A-62X-1, 13-19
7523
Amphibole 7 SX-MAA 9.90 0.40 0.80 9.95 0.64
294
10 0.94
977A-63X-1, 0-5
7524
Plagioclase 6 SX-MAA 13.00 0.30 6.10 12.47 0.92
303
13 7.06



4 SX-MAA 12.10 0.20 0.36




978A-47R-1, 0-20
7525
Plagioclase 11 SX-MAA 6.20 0.30 3.60 6.50 0.40
293
4 3.80



10 SX-MAA 6.10 0.30 2.45 6.40 0.30
290
3 1.63

Note: SX-MAA = single crystal mean apparent age, SX-A = single crystal apparent age, SH-IA = step-heating integral age, N = number of single crystal analyses for SX, number of heating steps for SH, MSWD = mean square weighted deviates.