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. 2024 Aug 14;632(8025):570–575. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07652-1

Fig. 3. Comparisons of detrital zircon U–Pb ages from the Altar Stone and crystalline terranes of Britain, Ireland, and Europe.

Fig. 3

a, Multidimensional scaling (MDS) plot of concordant zircon U–Pb ages from the Altar Stone and comparative age datasets, with ellipses at the 95% confidence level58. DIM 1 and DIM 2, dimensions 1 and 2. b, Cumulative probability plot of zircon U–Pb ages from crystalline terranes, the Orcadian Basin and the Altar Stone. For a cumulative probability plot of all ORS basins, see Extended Data Fig. 8.