Table T2. 40Ar/39Ar analytical results.
 
Hole, core
Mineral
J
Weight
(g)
Grain size
(µm)
Temp
(°C)
40Ar/39Ar
37Ar/39Ar
36Ar/39Ar
39Ark (counts)**
Cumulative 39Ar released (%)
40Ar*
(%)
40Ar*/39ArK
Age
(Ma)
± 1
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.