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a, The Lago della Vacca pluton7,8 (in Italy); b, Fish Canyon Tuff eruption26 (in USA); c, Oruanui eruptions28 (in New Zealand). The zircon crystallization times are calculated by subtracting each zircon age from the age of the oldest zircon of the population.
