Table 1 Calculations of maximum depositional ages based on U-Pb detrital zircon ages using various approaches

From: Global climate forcing on late Miocene establishment of the Pampean aeolian system in South America

Sample

n

MLA

YSG

Y3Z

YPP

21AR213

520

6.09 ± 0.28

4.6 ± 0.7

14.05 ± 2.29

6.04

21AR217

247

7.05 ± 0.7

6.2 ± 0.9

6.64 ± 0.95

6.6

21AR221

187

6.78 ± 0.56

6.5 ± 0.9

6.74 ± 0.77

6.74

21AR225

261

7.93 ± 0.59

7.5 ± 0.5

62.70 ± 4.52

7.43

21AR226

198

4.43 ± 0.17

4.4 ± 0.1

7.2 ± 1.2

4.31

21AR228

541

49.23 ± 2.28

18.6 ± 0.8

51.6 ± 5.4

52.15

21AR229

287

9.43 ± 0.84

8.4 ± 0.7

61.7 ± 6.6

66.53

21AR234

521

5.94 ± 0.41

5.0 ± 0.5

6.0 ± 0.7

5.97

21AR238

537

9.05 ± 0.64

5.2 ± 0.8

18.8 ± 2.8

11.18

  1. Ages reported in millions of years.
  2. MLA Maximum likelihood age (Vermeesch, 2021), YSG Youngest single grain (2σ uncertainty), Y3Z Youngest three grains with overlapping 2σ uncertainty, calculated with 2σ uncertainty, YPP Youngest graphical peak.
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