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Table 2 Radiocarbon dating results

From: Paleo-tsunami history along the northern Japan Trench: evidence from Noda Village, northern Sanriku coast, Japan

Sample number

Core

Depth (cm)

Material

Conventional radiocarbon age (yrBP)

Calibrated age (2σ) cal BP

δ13C (‰)

1

NM2

30–32

Organic sediment

1910 ± 30

1920–1815

− 27.2

2

NM8

25–27

Organic sediment

2100 ± 30

2150–1995

− 27.0

3

NM-D

35–37

Organic sediment

1740 ± 30

1715–1565

− 27.6

4

NM12

30–32

Organic sediment

2030 ± 30

2055–1900

− 24.4

5

NM-F

17–19

Organic sediment

1910 ± 30

1920–1815

− 26.9

6

NM13

48–50

Organic sediment

2610 ± 30

2765–2730

− 24.1

7

NM-H

21–23

Organic sediment

1940 ± 30

1945–1825

− 27.6

8

NM15

48–50

Organic sediment

2170 ± 30

2305–2070

− 27.6

9

NM-I

41–43

Organic sediment

2000 ± 30

2000–1885

− 27.3

10

NM16

42–44

Organic sediment

2070 ± 30

2120–1950

− 26.8

11

NM17

50–52

Organic sediment

2000 ± 30

2000–1885

− 26.8

12

NM-K

18–20

Organic sediment

1300 ± 30

1290–1180

− 27.4

13

NM-K

30–32

Organic sediment

2050 ± 30

2115–1930

− 26.6

14

NM-K

34–36

Organic sediment

2100 ± 30

2150–1995

− 26.5

15

NM-K

40–42

Organic sediment

2170 ± 30

2305–2070

− 26.2

16

NM-K

44–45

Organic sediment

2190 ± 30

2310–2120

− 24.3

17

NM-K

51–53

Organic sediment

2480 ± 30

2720–2385

− 25.2

18

NM-K

54–55

Organic sediment

2570 ± 30

2750–2710

− 26.6

19

NM18

25–27

Organic sediment

2150 ± 30

2300–2055

− 26.9

20

NM19

41–43

Organic sediment

2160 ± 30

2305–2065

− 24.7

  1. All data were obtained by accelerator mass spectroscopy (AMS). Sample numbers correspond to those in Figs. 4 and 5