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Table 1 Results of the AMS radiocarbon age analysis, on paleosols underlain Ranau tuffs, conducted at BETA Analytic (http://www.radiocarbon.com/)

From: Late Quaternary eruption of the Ranau Caldera and new geological slip rates of the Sumatran Fault Zone in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia

Sample code

Field descriptionS

Measured radiocarbon age

δ13C (‰)

Conventional radiocarbon age (rcy BP)

Calendar age calibration (cal year BP)

Field

BETA

Median modeled age

2σ–95% Prob.

1σ–65% Prob.

RAN-23A

Beta-396325

Charcoal, black, no sign of contamination

29,230 ± 140 BP

−11.9

29,440 ± 140

33,650

33,830–33,415

33,740–33,545

RAN-14A

Beta-423698

Dark-gray, very-rich organic soil, possibly some contamination

26,630 ± 140 BP

−12.9

26,830 ± 140

30,960

31,085–30,805

31,025–30,885

RAN-10A

Beta-423,697

Gray, organic soil, evidence of more contamination

17,990 ± 70 BP

−14.9

18,160 ± 70

21,915

22,145–21,810

21,990–21,860

RAN-06B

Beta-423,699

Lighter gray, less organic soil, evidence of much contamination

11,650 ± 50 BP

−18.6

11,750 ± 50

13,545

13,585–13,445

13,565–13,470

13,510

13,495

  1. The calibration used mathematical approach developed by Talma and Vogel (1993) with reference to SHCAL 13 database (Hogg et al. 2013)