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).
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