Table 1 Radiocarbon dating results for samples from the Shuangyu slackwater deposit.

From: Geomorphic effects of recurrent outburst superfloods in the Yigong River on the southeastern margin of Tibet

Sample

Material analysed

Percent modern carbon

Modern carbon fraction

Age (BP)

SC1

Charred material

41.73 ± 0.16

0.4173 ± 0.0016

7020 ± 30

SC2

Organic sediment

42.94 ± 0.16

0.4294 ± 0.0016

6790 ± 30

SC3

Charred material

43.10 ± 0.16

0.4310 ± 0.0016

6760 ± 30

SC4

Charred material

42.89 ± 0.16

0.4289 ± 0.0016

6800 ± 30

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