Table 1 U/Th dating results from the Radiochronology laboratory of the GEOTOP-UQAM-McGill Research Center.

From: Hydroclimate variability in the Caribbean during North Atlantic Heinrich cooling events (H8 and H9)

Sample Number

Depth from Top (cm)

238U (ppb)

232Th (ppb)

234U/238U

(230Th/234U)

(230Th/238U)

(234U/232Th)

(238U/232Th)

(230Th/232Th)

230Th/U age ka (BP)

(234U/238U)

MCS-Top

1.6

128.60 ± 1.1

0.13 ± 0.0

1.32 ± 0.0

0.004 ± 0.0

0.005 ± 0.0

3881.1 ± 104

2940.7 ± 80.8

14.55 ± 2.5

0.41 ± 0.1

1.32 ± 0.0

MCS-4

2.6

123.95 ± 1.1

1.53 ± 0.0

1.33 ± 0.0

0.093 ± 0.0

0.123 ± 0.0

328.5 ± 2.6

247.3 ± 2.5

30.51 ± 0.6

10.56 ± 0.3

1.34 ± 0.0

MCS-3

9.3

125.82 ± 1.2

1.32 ± 0.0

1.33 ± 0.0

0.097 ± 0.0

0.129 ± 0.0

385.5 ± 3.1

290.3 ± 3.0

37.30 ± 0.7

11.02 ± 0.2

1.34 ± 0.0

MCS-2*

10.9

192.97 ± 1.8

8.64 ± 0.2

1.46 ± 0.0

0.479 ± 0.0

0.699 ± 0.0

99.5 ± 2.1

68.2 ± 1.5

47.70 ± 1.2

68.22 ± 1.8

1.56 ± 0.0

MCS-7

25.7

115.60 ± 0.6

1.05 ± 0.0

1.47 ± 0.0

0.621 ± 0.0

0.912 ± 0.0

494.2 ± 7.6

336.8 ± 4.2

307.11 ± 5.2

98.75 ± 2.6

1.62 ± 0.0

MCS-1

38.35

115.07 ± 0.6

0.87 ± 0.0

1.45 ± 0.0

0.628 ± 0.0

0.912 ± 0.0

585.0 ± 3.9

403.1 ± 3.0

367.39 ± 5.5

100.55 ± 2.5

1.60 ± 0.0

  1. *Refers to dating results that were not used in the age model. B.P. stands for “Before Present” where the “Present” is defined as the year 1950 A.D.