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(Supplementary Table 1) 230Th/U results for stalagmite Cuba Grande (CG) from Pinar del Rio
Claudia FenstererDenis ScholzDirk L HoffmannAugusto ManginiJesus M Pajonsubject
Thorium 230 Uranium 238 ratioUranium-234 standard deviationIntegrierte Analyse zwischeneiszeitlicher Klimadynamik INTERDYNAMIKUranium 238Thorium 230 Uranium 238 activity ratioUranium-238Thorium-230/Uranium-238 activity ratio standard deviationAge commentUranium 234Integrierte Analyse zwischeneiszeitlicher Klimadynamik (INTERDYNAMIK)commentAge dateddateddated standard deviationAgeAge dated standard deviationThorium-232 standard deviationThorium-230/Uranium-238 ratioMulti collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer MC ICP MSThorium-230/Thorium-232 activity ratioThorium 232Uranium-238 standard deviationSpeleothem sampleThorium 230 Thorium 232 activity ratioUranium-234/Uranium-238 activity ratioUranium 234 Uranium 238 activity ratioThorium-232DISTANCEEarth System ResearchMulti-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS)standard deviationThorium-230/Thorium-232 activity ratio standard deviationdescription
We present 22 U-series ages for a stalagmite from north-western Cuba based on multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS) and thermal ionisation mass spectrometry (TIMS). Our results reveal that the stalagmite continuously grew within the last ~1400a. Low uranium content of the sample and thus, extremely low 230Th concentrations limit the precision and accuracy of 230Th/U-dating by TIMS. Samples measured by MC-ICPMS show a high variability of 232Th content along the growth axis with some sections significantly affected by initial 230Th from a detrital phase. An a-priori bulk earth ratio for (238U/232Th) cannot be used to accurately account for this initial 230Th. Using an age model based on the 230Th/U ages determined on samples with low or negligible 232Th concentration, we find that the (238U/232Th) activity ratio of the detrital phase is an order of magnitude larger than the bulk earth value, indicating the importance of an accurately determined correction factor.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2010-01-01 |