Table
1. 40Ar/39Ar results from Internal Standard
(Tmr3: INF-94-531 anorthoclase) from Santa Isabel Wash
 
| Sample | J-Factor | # of aliquots
included in calculation over total # | Inverse
Isochron
Age (Ma)
(± 2s
SD) | 40Ar/39Ar
(± 1s
SD) | 40Ar/36Ar
(± 1s
SD) | MSWD | 95% critical
MSWD range
(after Mahon [1996]) | 
| MIT |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| INF-94-532,3 | 0.003480 | 10 | 6.4 ± 0.2 | 1.02± 0.02 | 294 ± 6 | 1.71 | 0.27-2.19 | 
| UCLA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| UofM#75 (tube
1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| INF-94-53A | 0.0004178 | 6/6 | 6.3 ± 0.3 | 8.37 ±
0.07 | 293 ± 2 | 4.80 | 0.12-2.78 | 
| INF-94-53B | 0.0004215 | 5/5 | 6.2 ± 0.3 | 8.23 ±
0.06 | 291 ± 1 | 1.00 | 0.07-3.12 | 
| INF-94-53C | 0.0004174 | 5/5 | 6.2 ± 0.3 | 8.29 ±
0.06 | 292 ± 3 | 3.19 | 0.07-3.12 | 
| INF-94-53g 3 | 0.0004191 | 4/4 | 6.2 ± 0.3 | 8.22 ±
0.07 | 292 ± 2 | 1.12 | 0.03-3.69 | 
| UofM#81 (tube
1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| INF-94-53A3 | 0.0008170 | 4/6 | 6.4 ± 0.6 | 4.38 ±
0.18 | 287 ± 4 | 1.29 | 0.03-3.69 | 
| INF-94-53B3 | 0.0008275 | 5/5 | 6.7 ± 0.4 | 4.50 ±
0.11 | 283 ± 5 | 2.27 | 0.07-3.12 | 
| INF-94-53C3 | 0.0008059 | 5/5 | 6.5 ± 0.3 | 4.50 ±
0.05 | 287 ± 2 | 0.33 | 0.07-3.12 | 
| (tube 2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| INF-94-53D3 | 0.0008066 | 4/4 | 6.5 ± 0.3 | 4.48 ±
0.07 | 287 ± 2 | 0.73 | 0.03-3.69 | 
| INF-94-53E3 | 0.0008097 | 5/5 | 6.4 ± 0.3 | 4.37 ±
0.05 | 289 ± 2 | 0.18 | 0.07-3.12 | 
| INF-94-53F3 | 0.0007928 | 2/2 | 6.4 ± 0.3 | 4.50 ±
0.05 | 288 ± 2 | N/A | N/A | 
|  |  | # of duplicate 
splits included
in calculation over total # | Weighted Mean
Age (Ma)
(± 2s
SD) |  |  | MSWD | 95% critical
MSWD range (after
Mahon [1996]) | 
| UofM#75 |  | 4/4 | 6.24 ±
0.08 |  |  | 0.56 | 0.03-3.69 | 
| UofM#81 |  | 6/6 | 6.46 ±
0.24 |  |  | 1.02 | 0.12-2.78 | 
| Overall |  | 10/10 | 6.31 ±
0.32 |  |  | 3.50 | 0.27-2.19 | 
 
1 UTM coordinates
of Sample Location (north, east): 3362905mN
0701401mE
2 MIT Results
recalculated for consistency using Fish Canyon sanidine age of 27.8 and
isochron regression routines of Mahon (1996)
3 Sample
irradiated with g radiation