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Table 5 Major element compositions of volcanic glass shards

From: Historical and paleo-tsunami deposits during the last 4000 years and their correlations with historical tsunami events in Koyadori on the Sanriku Coast, northeastern Japan

 

SiO2

TiO2

Al2O3

FeO

MnO

MgO

CaO

Na2O

K2O

n

Totala

ONM-GS1-0.42

77.0

0.4

12.7

1.8

0.1

0.4

2.1

4.1

1.4

15

97.5

Ishimura et al. (2014)

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

 

0.6

NTR-Br-34.93

77.0

0.4

12.8

1.8

0.1

0.4

2.1

4.1

1.4

15

96.1

Ishimura et al. (2014)

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.1

 

0.7

To-a (35)

77.50

0.36

12.73

1.62

0.09

0.38

1.81

3.90

1.37

19

98.41

Aoki and Machida (2006)

0.7

0.0

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

 

1.4

To-a (36)

77.69

0.36

12.74

1.66

0.09

0.35

1.80

3.99

1.31

8

98.53

Aoki and Machida (2006)

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

 

1.3

To-a (37)

76.17

0.42

13.41

1.89

0.09

0.38

1.99

4.08

1.56

18

92.89

Aoki and Machida (2006)

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

 

1.1

KYD-TrW sec. 2 20–25 cm

77.1

0.4

12.7

1.8

0.1

0.4

2.1

4.1

1.4

15

94.4

(This study)

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

 

1.3

  1. Number on upper line shows a mean value and that on lower line shows a standard deviation. Measured values are recalculated to 100 % on a water-free basis. Results of Aoki and Machida (2006) are shown for comparison and numbers in brackets show sample number in the reference
  2. aRaw data before recalculations