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Table 2 Polarity boundaries identified in collected u-channel samples from Holes U1424A and U1424B

From: Integrated Pliocene-Pleistocene magnetostratigraphy and tephrostratigraphy of deep-sea sediments at IODP Site U1424 (Yamato Basin, Japan Sea)

Polarity boundaries

Age (Ma)

Hole-core-section

Center position (cm)

Uncertainty (cm)

Depth CSF-A (m)

Depth CCSF-A (m)

(B) C1n (Brunhes/Matuyama)

0.781

B-4H-2

112

± 5

24.32

27.54

(T) C1r.1n (Jaramillo)

0.988

A-4H-4

132

± 8

31.62

34.92

(B) C1r.1n (Jaramillo)

1.072

A-4H-6

96

± 19

34.26

37.56

  

B-5H-3

52

± 18

34.18

37.58

(T) C1r.2n (Cobb Mountain)

1.173

B-5H-5

54

± 5

37.20

40.60

(B) C1r.2n (Cobb Mountain)

1.185

B-5H-5

76

± 5

37.42

40.82

(T) C2n (Olduvai)

1.778

B-7H-3

126

± 5

54.46

59.69

(B) C2n (Olduvai)

1.945

B-7H-6

98

± 5

58.68

63.91

(T) C2r.1n (Reunion)

2.128

A-7H-6

103

± 7

62.83

67.96

  

B-8H-2

67

± 10

61.87

67.93

(B) C2r.1n (Reunion)

2.148

A-7H-6

137

± 7

63.17

68.30

  

B-8H-2

118

± 10

62.38

68.44

(T) C2An.1n (Matuyama/Gauss)

2.581

B-9H-4

100

± 12

74.66

81.30

(T) C2An.1r (Kaena)

3.032

A-10H-5

115

± 15

89.95

95.81

(B) C2An.1r (Kaena)

3.116

B-11H-2

110

± 10

90.80

98.44

(T) C2An.2r (Mammoth)

3.207

A-11H-3

67

± 20

95.35

101.87

  

B-11H-5

7

± 5

94.27

101.91

(B) C2An.2r (Mammoth)

3.33

A-11H-5

50

± 25

98.18

104.70

(T) C2Ar (Gauss/Gilbert)

3.596

A-12H-6

26

± 5

109.62

115.67

  

B-13H-2

8

± 5

107.51

115.64

(T) C3n.1n (Cochiti)

4.187

A-16H-1

110

± 5

140.90

149.06

  

B-16H-5

45

± 15

142.15

149.10

(B) C3n.1n (Cochiti)

4.3

A-16H-5

33

± 20

146.05

154.21

(T) C3n.2n (Nunivak)

4.493

B-17H-5

55

± 10

151.75

159.34

(B) C3n.2n (Nunivak)

4.631

A-17H-3

92

± 25

153.22

162.10

(T) C3n.3n (Sidufjall)

4.799

A-17H-5

150

± 20

156.80

165.68

  1. (B) = bottom; (T) = top. In bold are polarity boundaries that are defined with more confidence. Reversal ages are based on GPTS2012 (Gradstein et al. 2012)