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. 2013 Feb 6;8(2):e54608. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054608

Table 1. Age Results for Dental Enamel, Sediment and Flowstone at Mala Balanica.

Sample Rink Stal 4Flowstone Maba 5B EN Maba 5C EN Maba 2A EN Maba SED 1 Maba 1A EN
Depth (cm) 203–216 240 240 266 270 272
Geol. Horiz. 3a 3a3 3a3 3a3/3b 3b 3b
p-value EN −0.77+/−0.09 −0.75+/−0.09 −0.16+/−0.20
p-value DEN −0.47+/−0.13 −0.45+/−0.11 −0.02+/−0.12 −0.43+/−0.18
CS 230Th/234U Age (ka)*1 c. 350–600
CSUS ESR Age (ka)*2 610+/−110 611+/−99 553+- 49 437+/−79
US-ESR Age (ka)*3 395+59/−56 413+54/−52 482+43/−39 383+70/−63
US-ESR Age Range (ka)*4 339–454 361–467 443–525 320–453
IRSL Age (ka)*5 449+/−52
*1

Closed system age based only on isotopic ratios.

*2

Closed system uranium series ESR age: special case based on assumptions explained in text and using isotopic ratios and ESR parameters, based on [15].

*3

US-ESR Age based on modeled p-values [14] ranging over ESR dose parameters and isotopic ratios (most widely used).

*4

Same as 3 but time range including all age uncertainty.

*5

Infrared stimulated luminescence age based on the Post IR/IR procedure and assuming a 1% fading correction as discussed in the text and Text S1.