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Table 1.

Summary of Curiosity Radiometric and Cosmic-Ray Exposure Age Experiments

Location	Aliquot	Radiometric age (Ma)	CRE age (Ma)	Interpretation
Cumberland		4210 ± 350 (8.3%)	78 ± 6 (7.7%)	Crystallization age of detrital minerals from basaltic precursor; mm to cm/Ma denudation by scarp retreat
Windjana	Aliquot 1	627 ± 50 (8.0%)	145 ± 203 (140%)	Radiometric ages inaccurate due to incomplete degassing and/or mineralogic fractionation during sample handling
Windjana	Aliquot 2	1710 ± 110 (6.4%)	145 ± 203 (140%)
Mojave 2	Plagioclase	4070 ± 630 (16%)	300 (³⁶Ar) to 1000 (³He)	Crystallization age of detrital minerals from basaltic precusor; pre-burial exposure
Mojave 2	Jarosite	2120 ± 360 (17%)	300 (³⁶Ar) to 1000 (³He)	Fluid flow through the Murray bedrock

Ma, millions of years before present.