Table 1 Isotopic data of noble gases in the crystal structure of olivines (uncertainties are 1σ) that allow the geochronological estimates in the pre- and syn-caldera samples. Blanks [4He] ccSTP/g from 2.9 to 22%.

From: Cosmogenic helium signatures at Deception Island volcano (Antarctica): geochronological implications for its eruptive history

Sample

Episode

Location

Latitude

Altitude (m.a.s.l.)

Extraction

Weight

3He/4He

Error

21Ne/22Ne

Error

(g)

R/Ra

DI-68 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Kendall Terrace

  

Crushing*

0.0838

7.10

0.61

  
  

Stepwise heating 800℃

0.0094

11.7

7.8

  

 − 62.93849

63

Stepwise heating 1800℃

57.0

16.8

0.02899

0.00016

  

Total fusion 2000℃

910

67

0.02938

0.00017

  

Heating total

    

DI-35 Olivine

Syn-caldera

Irizar Lake

  

Crushing*

0.1219

6.02

0.59

  
  

Stepwise heating 800℃

0.0046

2.1

1.6

0.0285

0.0018

 − 62.983897

150

Stepwise heating 1800℃

26.3

8.5

0.02915

0.00013

  

Total fusion 1900℃

27.4

8.0

0.02893

0.00014

  

Heating total

    

DI-36 Olivine

Syn-caldera

Irizar Lake

 − 62.983884

150

Crushing*

0.1117

7.12

0.59

  
  

Total fusion 1900℃

0.048

43

19

0.0290

0.0006

DI-18 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Fumarole Bay

 − 62.965994

120

Total fusion

0.0656

6.96

0.14

0.02886

0.00095

DI-67 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Kendall Terrace

 − 62.938507

63

Total fusion

0.0638

4.41

0.14

0.02938

0.00093

PRR-10298 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Fumarole Bay

 − 62.95

135

Total fusion

0.0232

5.70

0.19

0.02838

0.00124

Sample

Episode

Location

20Ne/22Ne

Error

[4He]

Error

[3He]

Error

[20Ne]

Error

ccSTP/g

atom/g

ccSTP/g

DI-68 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Kendall Terrace

        
  

3.65E − 09

6.00E − 10

6.28E + 05

1.08E + 06

b. b

 

9.809

0.011

3.61E − 09

6.00E − 10

6.78E + 06

2.55E + 06

3.36E − 07

3.36E − 08

10.069

0.009

1.81E − 08

1.00E − 09

6.15E + 08

5.67E + 07

5.47E − 07

5.47E − 08

  

2.54E − 08

1.31E − 09

6.22E + 08

5.67E + 07

8.83E − 07

6.42E − 08

DI-35 Olivine

Syn-caldera

Irizar Lake

        

9.775

0.036

1.22E − 08

1.30E − 09

  

5.51E − 04

5.52E − 09

9.962

0.011

1.86E − 08

1.50E − 09

1.42E + 07

6.04E + 06

1.43E − 06

1.43E − 07

9.812

0.010

1.03E − 08

6.90E − 10

8.27E + 06

3.16E + 06

1.66E − 05

1.66E − 07

  

4.11E − 08

2.10E − 09

2.24E + 07

6.82E + 06

5.69E − 04

2.19E − 07

DI-36 Olivine

Syn-caldera

Irizar Lake

        

9.796

0.053

4.40E − 10

2.20E − 11

5.97E + 05

3.15E + 05

6.10E − 10

7.00E − 11

DI-18 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Fumarole Bay

9.706

0.074

2.84E − 08

1.40E − 09

7.43E + 06

3.94E + 05

1.40E − 10

2.00E − 11

DI-67 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Kendall Terrace

9.774

0.048

1.36E − 08

8.80E − 10

2.26E + 06

1.63E + 05

2.72E − 10

3.20E − 11

PRR-10298 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Fumarole Bay

9.775

0.059

1.91E − 08

1.10E − 09

4.09E + 06

2.74E + 05

3.40E − 10

4.00E − 11

Sample

Episode

Location

4He/20Ne

Error

Age (Ma) at sea level

Age (Ma)—corrected to altitude

Error

Age (Ma) at sea level

Age (Ma)—corrected to altitude

Error

radiation 124atom/g/a

radiation 124atom/g/a

radiation 180atom/g/a

radiation 180atom/g/a

DI-68 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Kendall Terrace

        

0.0107

0.0021

      

0.0331

0.0038

      

0.0287

0.0026

5.02

5.87

0.46

3.46

4.04

0.32

DI-35 Olivine

Syn-caldera

Irizar Lake

        

0.00002

0.0000

      

0.0130

0.0017

      

0.0006

0.000042

      

0.0001

0.000004

0.18

0.25

0.05

0.12

0.17

0.04

DI-36 Olivine

Syn-caldera

Irizar Lake

        

0.72

0.09

0.0048

0.0067

0.0025

0.0033

0.0046

0.0018

DI-18 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Fumarole Bay

202.86

30.66

      

DI-67 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Kendall Terrace

50.00

6.71

      

PRR-10298 Olivine

Pre-caldera

Fumarole Bay

56.18

7.36

      
  1. Significant values are given in bold.
  2. Air:3He/4He-1.4 × 10−6, reference: Pepin & Porcelli, 2002; Sun: 3He/4He- 3.98±0.3 ×10-4, reference: Ozima et al., 2012; Solar wind: 3He/4He- 4.64±0.1 ×10-4, reference: Heber et al., 2009; MORB: 3He/4He-1.12 ×10-5, reference: Graham, 2002; OIB: 3He/4He-5.6 - 70 ×10-6, reference: Hanyu & Kaneoka, 1997.
  3. b.b. below blank.
  4. *3He/4He corrected for air contamination from Álvarez-Valero et al., 2022b.