Table 3 Summary of OSL ages produced in this study.

From: Origin of sandy substrates controlling the distribution of open vegetation ecosystems in Amazonia

Sample

Ecosystem

Depth (m)

Dose rate (Gy/ka)

Error (Gy/ka)

n

CAM (Gy)

Error (Gy)

OD (%)

MAM (Gy)

Error (Gy)

CAM Age (ka)

Error (ka)

MAM Age (ka)

Error (ka)

AVA-15a

WSE

0.50

0.25

0.04

12

1.8

0.1

13

2.0

0.1

7.2

1.2

7.9

1.3

AVA-15b

WSE

1.00

0.24

0.02

23

6.3

0.4

31

3.5

0.4

26.2

3.0

14.6

2.3

AVA-21a

WSE

0.20

0.30

0.10

15

2.0

0.3

48

1.3

0.1

6.7

2.4

4.2

1.4

AVA-21b

WSE

0.60

0.33

0.04

16

3.0

0.3

43

2.0

0.2

9.2

1.4

6.1

0.9

AVA-21c

WSE

1.10

0.37

0.03

14

12.0

1.2

37

10.0

0.9

32.7

4.0

27.3

3.1

AVA-21d

WSE

1.60

0.40

0.03

16

20.7

1.0

16

22.0

2.0

51.7

4.2

54.9

6.2

AVA-21e

WSE

2.10

0.44

0.03

19

30.1

1.7

24

19.2

3.3

69.1

5.9

44.1

8.2

AVA-23c

WSE

0.90

0.26

0.02

20

3.8

0.4

46

2.3

0.3

14.9

2.1

8.9

1.4

ALC-55

Savanna

0.80

0.70

0.07

24

14.6

1.3

42

8.8

0.9

20.8

2.7

12.5

1.7

AVA-02a

Savanna

0.80

0.46

0.05

19

1.0

0.1

21

0.859

0.002

2.1

0.3

1.8

0.2

AVA-02b

Savanna

1.20

0.40

0.04

17

0.88

0.04

18

0.83

0.01

2.2

0.2

2.1

0.2

AVA-02c

Savanna

1.60

0.40

0.03

19

1.07

0.03

9

1.06

0.05

2.7

0.2

2.6

0.2

AVA-02d

Savanna

2.00

0.42

0.03

14

8.6

2.2

97

1.8

0.1

20.2

5.4

4.4

0.4

AVA-02e

Savanna

2.30

0.42

0.03

20

18.0

2.7

66

7.5

0.6

42.8

6.9

17.8

1.8

AVA-03a

Savanna

0.45

0.46

0.09

18

7.4

1.0

56

3.4

0.4

16.1

3.8

7.3

1.7

AVA-03b

Savanna

0.90

0.48

0.05

20

14.6

1.3

36

10.6

0.7

30.4

4.1

22.0

2.7

AVA-03c

Savanna

1.35

0.44

0.04

23

16.4

1.3

38

10.9

1.3

37.3

4.3

24.8

3.5

AVA-03d

Savanna

1.80

0.49

0.04

23

22.7

1.1

23

18.7

1.6

46.5

4.0

38.3

4.3

AVA-04a

Savanna

0.60

0.64

0.07

18

10.6

1.0

42

8.1

0.4

16.6

2.5

12.7

1.6

AVA-04b

Savanna

1.20

0.69

0.05

21

45.0

1.5

14

42.7

0.1

65.1

5.5

61.7

4.8

AVA-05a

Savanna

0.70

0.63

0.07

17

4.2

0.1

14

4.3

0.4

6.6

0.7

6.9

0.9

AVA-05b

Savanna

1.40

0.58

0.04

20

5.4

0.2

16

5.8

0.5

9.4

0.8

10.1

1.1

AVA-06a

Savanna

0.50

0.59

0.08

18

2.5

0.2

30

1.8

0.1

4.2

0.7

3.1

0.5

AVA-06b

Savanna

1.00

0.67

0.06

21

4.0

0.3

31

2.0

0.2

6.0

0.7

2.9

0.4

AVA-06c

Savanna

1.50

0.62

0.05

22

4.0

0.3

33

3.7

0.1

6.5

0.7

6.0

0.5

AVA-06d

Savanna

2.00

0.68

0.05

23

7.7

0.6

36

6.0

0.4

11.3

1.2

8.9

0.9

AVA-07a

Savanna

0.50

0.56

0.08

18

2.2

0.2

41

1.755

0.003

3.9

0.7

3.1

0.5

AVA-08a

Forest

0.80

0.75

0.07

15

11.3

1.3

44

6.0

0.8

15.2

2.2

8.1

1.2

AVA-08b

Forest

1.70

0.96

0.07

23

52.3

3.5

32

40.9

3.2

54.3

5.4

42.5

4.6

AVA-12a

Savanna

0.20

0.94

0.20

16

1.6

0.3

67

0.65

0.06

1.7

0.5

0.7

0.2

AVA-12b

Savanna

0.55

1.08

0.10

20

5.0

0.3

30

4.03

0.25

4.7

0.5

3.7

0.4

AVA-12c

Savanna

1.10

0.97

0.07

22

13.3

0.4

14

12.6

0.0

13.7

1.1

12.9

1.0

AVA-13a

Savanna

0.50

0.78

0.09

18

0.70

0.05

28

0.6

0.0

0.9

0.1

0.7

0.1

AVA-13b

Savanna

1.00

0.92

0.06

23

2.5

0.1

17

3.1

0.0

2.7

0.2

3.4

0.2

AVA-14a

Savanna

0.50

0.51

0.08

21

2.0

0.2

47

1.0

0.1

3.9

0.7

2.0

0.4

AVA-14b

Savanna

1.00

0.57

0.05

21

6.6

0.5

36

3.9

0.5

11.6

1.3

6.9

1.1

AVA-14c

Savanna

1.50

0.56

0.04

19

10.5

0.8

33

7.0

0.8

18.9

2.0

12.7

1.7

AVA-14d

Savanna

2.00

0.57

0.04

22

17.0

1.2

32

10.9

1.1

30.04

2.98

19.4

2.4

  1. Detailed information of dose rate is presented in supplementary Table S1. N is the number of aliquots, OD is overdispersion, CAM is Central Age Model and MAM is minimum age model.