Table 1 Stable isotope and clumped isotopic composition of Satpura palaeosol carbonates with details about their stratigraphy, temperature.

From: Tracking the migration of the Indian continent using the carbonate clumped isotope technique on Phanerozoic soil carbonates

Age. M. y.

Age. M. y.

**Δ47(‰)

T (°C)e

δ13C(‰) VPDB

δ18O(‰)VPDB

δ18Oprecip.(‰)d+cSMOW

MAATb

Latt. Esta

Modern India*

 

0.66 ± 0.01

36.2 ± 2(7)

−1.6

−5.8

−3.7

22

34° N ± 1

Lameta

68 ± 4

0.65 ± 0.04

39.0 ± 8(13)

−10.0

−8.2

−5.7

25

40° S ± 5*

Bagra

135 ± 14

0.67 ± 0.10

39.7 ± 6(8)

−6.4

−5.0

−2.3

26

30° S ± 5

Denwa

243 ± 3

0.71 ± 0.04

25.2 ± 8(13)

−8.1

−5.7

−5.8

8

40° S ± 6

Panchmari

248 ± 4

0.65 ± 0.12

20.3 ± 7(6)

−8.7

−4.9

−6.0

3

41° S ± 6

Motur

269 ± 4

0.62 ± 0.09

34.1 ± 2(4)

−6.8

−12.6

−10.5

19

53° S ± 1

  1. **Δ47 calibrated in CDES scale correction (Yoshida et al., 2013).
  2. aEquation LAT (°S) = 0.038 * (δ18O precip.)2 + 3.319* δ18O precip- 22.35 (see Supplementary) estimates and deduction of Latitudinal position.
  3. bEstimation of mean air temperature (Quade et al.28) MAAT (°C) = 1.2 × (T°C Δ47)-21.72 (r2 = 0.92).
  4. cInorganic calcite precipitation fractionation equation Kim and O’Neil15 1000lnα = 18.03(1000/T)-31.82.
  5. dEvaporation effect to modify the soil water composition (2.5‰ for samples lying between 45–30°S while 2% for samples lying beyond 50°S).
  6. eTemperature estimation Δ47 = 0.0636 ± 0.0049 × 106/T2−0.0047 Dennis et al.26.
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