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. 2020 Aug 5;15(8):e0235421. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235421

Table 3. Mn and Fe areal density, normalized areal density, Fe vs. Mn correlation, and Mn/Fe ratios from pXRF measurements on rock varnish at Aberdeen volcanic area, Fossil Falls (FF), Little Lake (LL), and Little Lake Hotel (LLH).

[Avg.: arithmetic average, S.D.: standard deviation, S.E.: standard error].

Site N DMn DFe Slope Mn/Fe Intercept R2 Mn/Fe
Avg. S.D. Avg. S.D. Avg. S.E. Avg. S.E. Avg. S.D.
Aberdeen lava flows 45 300 150 180 160 1.64 0.28 12.3 52.3 0.31 1.62 0.24
Flow surfaces at Rose Valley sites FF, LL, and LLH
    Red Hill 58 560 310 620 230 --- --- --- --- --- 0.89 0.60
    Red Hill scoured 16 340 200 150 200 1.81 0.62 -138 190 0.39 1.19 0.91
    Little Lake basalt 26 750 280 890 240 1.90 0.72 -939 646 0.05 0.84 0.39
    All intact varnish 103 550 290 630 320 1.01 0.16 -47 109 0.04 0.86 0.63
    Petroglyphs 107 160 170 300 180 0.93 0.08 -114 26 0.43 0.57 0.51
    All data 262 350 310 400 310 1.00 0.07 -43 32 0.28 1.01 1.00
Normalized densities on petroglyphs
N NMn NFe Slope Mn/Fe Intercept R2
Avg. S.D. Avg. S.D. Avg. S.E. Avg. S.E.
    Individual measurements 106 26.6 28.4 41.6 26.6 1.16 0.18 -22 6.6 0.22
    Same, w/o outliersa 94 18.1 11.6 37.8 19.0 0.32 0.06 5.9 2.5 0.11
    Element averages 22 23.3 22.8 41.6 18.5 1.40 0.32 -35 14 0.34
    Same, w/o outliersa 20 17.7 10.8 38.8 16.9 0.55 0.14 -3.2 6.1 0.24

a) Data from FFS-2 and LLA-1 removed as outliers