Table 1 Paleomagnetic results.

From: Paleosecular variation recorded by Quaternary lava flows from Guadeloupe Island

Site

Locality

Longitude

Latitude

Age [ka]

n/N

Dec.

Inc

k

α95

VGP long

VGP lat.

GU47

SC

−61.76

16.21

1 810 ± 27

8/8

347.3

31.1

97.4

5.6

212.9

77.8

GU48

SC

−61.78

16.22

1671 ± 24

7/7

188.0

−28.4

261.0

3.7

215.3

−82.2

GU46

SC

−61.76

16.26

1 488 ± 22

8/8

172.3

−43.1

121.6

5.0

80.2

−78.6

GU44

SC

−61.76

16.16

1 457 ± 21

7/8

168.7

−44.7

292.6

3.5

74.0

−75.3

GU41

PB

−61.74

16.12

875 ± 21

5/8

159.8

-43.0

128.8

3.0

56.6

−69.1

GU40

PB

−61.74

16.14

791 ± 12

7/8

184.5

−24.7

211.1

4.2

244.1

−84.6

GU42

PB

−61.77

16.11

777 ± 15

5/8

331.2

40.2

192.6

5.5

226.8

62.1

GU49

PB

−61.77

16.09

770 ± 50*

5/8

349.0

51.1

88.5

8.2

267.7

71.4

GU43

PB

−61.77

16.10

759 ± 14

7/8

358.0

44.3

127.9

5.4

287.9

79.9

GU52

Mat.

−61.64

16.10

660 ± 50*

7/7

353.1

19.3

239.8

3.9

166.7

80.9

GU54

Mat.

−61.64

16.11

659 ± 11

8/8

351.6

24.2

427.6

2.7

186.3

81.2

GU50

Mat.

−61.59

16.11

616 ± 10

8/8

346.2

33.6

62.7

7.0

220.2

76.6

GU55

GDVC

−61.68

16.04

113 ± 4

11/11

6.2

31.5

356.3

2.4

17.9

84.0

GU53

GDVC

−61.64

16.97

87 ± 5

10/12

0.3

23.3

863.9

1.6

115.3

85.2

  1. Column headings: Sample name; locality (SC: Septentrional chain; PB: Piton de Bouillante volcano; Mat.: Matéliane volcano and GDVC: Grande-Découverte volcano); Longitude and latitude coordinates; ages ±1σ uncertainty in ka, all ages from Samper et al.14 and Ricci et al.20 except GU42 dated in this study, estimated ages are indicated by a star; number of data used/total number of samples measured; Declination in degrees; Inclination in degrees; Fisher’s precision parameter; radius of the 95 per cent confidence cone from Fisher (1953); VGP longitude and latitude.
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