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 |
Closed system age based only on isotopic ratios.
Closed system uranium series ESR age: special case based on assumptions explained in text and using isotopic ratios and ESR parameters, based on [15].
US-ESR Age based on modeled p-values [14] ranging over ESR dose parameters and isotopic ratios (most widely used).
Same as 3 but time range including all age uncertainty.
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.