Table T2.
40Ar/39Ar analytical results.
(g)
(µm)
(°C)
(%)
(Ma)
180-
1110B-3X
K-feldspar
0.00076393
0.012126
single
grain
450
73.870
0.201
0.227
6958
2.91
9.9
7.31
10.0
0.9
470
15.392
0.738
0.027
2816
4.08
49.8
7.66
10.5
0.4
490
13.074
1.096
0.018
2510
5.13
60.4
7.88
10.8
0.5
520
12.638
1.253
0.015
3000
6.39
65.9
8.32
11.4
0.4
550
12.464
0.599
0.015
1924
7.19
64.4
8.02
11.0
0.4
600
16.423
0.245
0.028
2991
8.44
49.3
8.1
11.1
0.5
650
13.672
0.089
0.018
4549
10.34
60.5
8.26
11.3
0.3
700
11.007
0.031
0.011
4612
12.27
70
7.69
10.6
0.2
775
11.083
0.015
0.010
7256
15.3
72.9
8.06
11.1
0.2
850
10.246
0.056
0.006
9955
19.46
82.6
8.44
11.6
0.1
890
10.777
0.003
0.009
9469
23.42
76.3
8.21
11.3
0.2
930
11.322
0.004
0.010
11755
28.33
73.2
8.27
11.4
0.1
970
11.703
0.003
0.012
14572
34.42
70.6
8.24
11.3
0.1
1010
11.885
0.002
0.012
24044
44.47
70.4
8.34
11.5
0.1
1035
11.859
0.001
0.012
20479
53.03
70.4
8.33
11.4
0.1
1060
11.945
0.001
0.011
34425
67.42
74.3
8.85
12.2
0.1
1080
12.000
0.001
0.010
40600
84.39
74.7
8.95
12.3
0.1
1130
12.109
0.001
0.009
33518
98.39
77.9
9.41
12.9
0.1
1180
14.713
0.000
0.016
2468
99.43
67.5
9.91
13.6
0.4
1300
20.976
0.005
0.041
1246
99.95
42.7
8.95
12.3
1.1
1500
2828.098
0.138
9.389
100
99.99
2.8
79.42
106.3
46.7
1600
11427.723
0.128
38.861
27
100.00
0.4
50.83
68.7
122.2
Integrated
Age = 11.9 ± 0.2 Ma
1111A-16R
K-feldspar
0.00076335
0.011378
single
grain
450
113.668
0.051
0.354
5293
2.87
8.7
9.93
13.6
1.4
480
22.440
0.131
0.050
2607
4.29
34.9
7.81
10.7
0.5
510
19.224
0.127
0.038
2270
5.52
42.0
8.05
11.1
0.9
550
18.721
0.078
0.034
3377
7.35
47.3
8.85
12.1
0.4
600
22.836
0.011
0.042
4751
9.93
46.4
10.58
14.5
0.3
650
18.244
0.008
0.028
5395
12.86
55.2
10.05
13.8
0.3
700
41.701
0.006
0.106
6405
16.33
25.6
10.66
14.6
0.6
750
15.956
0.008
0.019
6035
19.61
64.5
10.27
14.1
0.3
800
15.814
0.005
0.019
5675
22.69
64.8
10.23
14.0
0.2
850
19.712
0.005
0.034
5777
25.82
49.2
9.68
13.3
0.3
900
24.505
0.009
0.050
6509
29.36
39.8
9.74
13.4
0.3
950
22.650
0.007
0.046
8974
34.23
41.2
9.32
12.8
0.3
990
21.944
0.006
0.041
13437
41.52
45.7
10.01
13.7
0.2
1020
22.397
0.004
0.041
20514
52.65
45.8
10.25
14.1
0.2
1050
19.220
0.005
0.029
49135
79.31
55.2
10.58
14.5
0.1
1080
19.523
0.003
0.030
18617
89.42
54.3
10.63
14.6
0.3
1150
20.439
0.004
0.031
11546
95.68
55.0
11.23
15.4
0.3
1300
18.141
0.004
0.023
5644
98.75
62.5
11.32
15.5
0.4
1500
166.899
0.005
0.544
2312
100.00
4.5
7.57
10.4
2.4
Integrated
Age = 14.1 ± 0.3 Ma
1109D-45R
Plagioclase
0.00075457
0.014988
106-150
450
802.398
39.214
102.144
13
1.25
-0.3
-102.4
—
103.4
600
288.718
67.316
0.760
56
6.8
24.6
76.3
98.4
18.2
700
168.474
98.485
0.456
113
18.0
24.9
46.7
60.5
10.7
850
105.678
97.350
0.234
327
50.2
41.7
49.1
64.3
6.2
950
100.245
77.242
0.198
201
70.2
47.7
52
69.3
6.6
1100
300.400
52.278
0.795
201
90.0
23.7
75.4
98.9
7.6
1300*
748.150
68.171
2.259
139
100.0
12.2
98.6
128.8
26.6
Integrated
Age = 79.3 ± 11.0 Ma
1117A-11R
Plagioclase
0.00075585
0.014965
106-150
450
3758.641
0.479
12.280
58
2.48
4.4
163.4
210.1
56.6
600
232.905
4.461
0.559
101
6.82
29.9
69.8
92.8
13.9
700
140.379
4.839
0.319
226
16.46
33.7
47.
5
63.7
10.6
850
67.217
1.320
0.093
483
37.1
59.7
40.1
53.9
2.7
950
53.154
1.701
0.063
452
56.41
65.6
34.8
46.9
2.5
1050
156.368
4.862
0.289
253
67.22
46.1
72.3
96.0
5.4
1300
436.823
9.244
1.140
683
96.41
23.8
104.8
137.5
5.7
1500
415.226
5.630
1.112
84
100
21.7
90.6
119.5
19.7
Integrated
Age = 90.4 ± 7.0 Ma
1117-alt
Plagioclase
0.000774677
0.013526
106-150
450
182.914
6.582
0.510
593
4.44
18.6
34.2
45.5
5.3
600
62.599
3.030
0.093
4882
41.0
57.1
35.8
47.5
0.8
700
37.008
1.031
0.023
2490
59.7
82.4
30.5
40.6
0.9
850
37.735
1.382
0.037
506
63.4
71.5
27.0
35.9
1.7
950
40.416
2.706
0.042
1093
71.6
71.1
28.4
37.9
1.0
1100
79.461
8.203
0.140
1364
81.8
49.2
39.3
52.2
1.3
1300
77.859
7.197
0.131
2153
98.0
51.4
40.2
53.4
1.3
1500
318.558
11.183
0.938
272
100.0
14.1
45.3
60.1
7.0
Integrated
Age = 46.6 ± 1.3 Ma
1118A-70R
Plagioclase
0.0007567
0.013546
75-106
450
598.933
0.511
1.959
334
3.74
4.5
27.2
34.6
9.5
600
93.127
1.040
0.217
2094
27.2
31.9
29.7
39.9
1.5
700
76.929
2.042
0.188
1148
40.12
28.9
22.3
29.6
1
775
72.863
2.686
0.179
602
46.87
29.2
21.3
27.9
1.8
850
80.975
3.061
0.199
525
52.8
28.9
23.5
31.0
2
925
100.479
1.696
0.260
522
58.6
25.2
25.3
33.2
3.9
1000
76.316
1.805
0.174
555
64.9
33.9
25.8
34.5
3.1
1100
294.640
3.560
0.890
1736
84.3
11.9
35.2
47.3
3.7
1175
458.102
6.595
1.490
1061
96.2
5.0
22.8
30.6
7.6
1250
439.110
6.309
1.372
235
98.9
9.0
39.8
51.5
11.5
1375
510.220
5.260
1.513
73
99.7
13.9
71.2
90.8
22.1
1500
3278.937
14.120
11.309
28
100
-0.5
-16.9
—
23.1
Integrated
Age = 37.2 ± 3.7 Ma
Total
Fusion Analyses
1108B-6R
Feldspar
0.00089726
0.00162
75-106
1500
11.10
0.12
0.03
10020
100
11.7
1.3
2.1
0.3
1108B-6R
Biotite
0.00090429
0.001398
75-106
1350
9.62
0.04
0.03
6800
100
16.3
1.56
2.6
0.2
1109D-45R
Plagioclase
0.00075439
0.001064
106-150
1500
1103.916
67.971
3.392
110
100
10.5
123.8
161.1
35.1
1117A-11R
Plagioclase
0.00075532
0.000835
106-150
1500
1472.471
5.305
4.901
150
100
2.6
38.3
51.4
22.6
1117-alt
Plagioclase
0.00075180
0.001078
106-150
1500
176.672
3.804
0.465
920
100
23.1
40.9
54.7
3.7
1118A-70R
Plagioclase
0.00075655
0.001134
75-106
1500
4194.136
3.003
1.351
641
100
5.74
24.1
32.7
5.8
1110B-03X
K-feldspar
0.00076129
0.001248
whole
grain
1500
20.378
0.043
0.038
24275
100
44.9
9.14
12.5
0.2
1111A-16R
K-feldspar
0.00076513
0.000883
whole
grain
1500
56.320
0.004
0.157
16122
100
18.6
10.5
14.4
0.6
Notes: J = irradiation
parameter.
= 5.543 × 10-10/yr. * = 1500°C step yielded insufficient amount of
argon for age calculation, † = corrected for line blank, ‡ = corrected for
line blank and 37Ar decay, ** = sensitivity based on air aliquot
3.965 × 10-14 mol/count. Correction factors used to account for
interfering nuclear reactions for all samples except Core 180-1108B-6R feldspar
and biotite (see below) are: (36Ar/37Ar)Ca =
0.000242 ± 0.000084, (38Ar/37Ar)Ca = 0.00193
± 0.000042, (39Ar/37Ar)Ca = 0.0010709 ±
0.0001023, (40Ar/39Ar)K = 0.0199 ± 0.0087, (38Ar/39Ar)K
= 0.012542 ± 0.000057. Correction factors used to account for interfering
nuclear reactions for Core 180-1108B-6R feldspar and biotite are: (36Ar/37Ar)Ca
= 0.00045 ± 0.00015, (38Ar/37Ar)Ca = 0.00042
± 0.00014, (39Ar/37Ar)Ca = 0.00118 ± 0.0004,
(40Ar/39Ar)K = 0.0416 ± 0.0054, (38Ar/39Ar)K
= 0.0163 ± 0.0001.
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