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Table 4 U–Pb dating results for zircon 91500 by LA-ICP-QMS (n ≥ 5)

From: Analytical effect of stabilizer volume and shape on zircon U–Pb dating by nanosecond LA-ICP-QMS

Stabilizer type/volume (mL)

Sample no.

206Pb/238U ratio

206Pb/238U

Age (Ma)

Concordance (%)

RE%

Average age deviation (%)*

Squid/16.3

91500-1-1

0.17045

0.00305

1014.57

16.81

96

1.66

 − 4.8

91500-1-2

0.18828

0.00350

1112.06

18.99

97

1.71

 + 4.4

91500-1-3

0.18411

0.00312

1089.40

17.01

99

1.56

 + 2.3

91500-1-4

0.17785

0.00370

1055.23

20.23

99

1.92

 − 0.95

91500-1-5

0.18113

0.00362

1073.12

19.76

96

1.84

 + 0.72

Average

0.18036

0.00340

1068.88

18.56

97

1.74

 + 0.33

Cylinder/21.2

91500-2-1

0.18008

0.00328

1067.39

17.91

97

1.68

 + 0.19

91500-2-2

0.17511

0.00283

1040.20

15.55

98

1.49

 − 2.4

91500-2-3

0.18032

0.00297

1068.74

16.20

94

1.52

 + 0.31

91500-2-4

0.17841

0.00331

1058.30

18.13

97

1.71

 − 0.67

91500-2-5

0.17668

0.00304

1048.82

16.64

94

1.59

 − 1.56

Average

0.17812

0.00309

1056.69

16.89

96

1.60

 − 0.82

Cylinder/25.1

91500-3-1

0.19652

0.00460

1156.62

24.78

48

2.14

 + 8.6

91500-3-2

0.50576

0.01620

2638.51

69.38

62

2.63

 + 148

91500-3-3

0.19533

0.00368

1150.21

19.87

97

1.73

 + 8.0

91500-3-4

0.19407

0.00345

1143.39

18.64

96

1.63

 + 7.3

91500-3-5

0.19551

0.00322

1151.16

17.38

98

1.51

 + 8.1

Average

0.25744

0.00623

1447.98

30.01

80

1.93

 + 36

Cylinder/35.3

91500-4-1

0.17666

0.00327

1048.72

17.89

98

1.71

 − 1.6

91500-4-2

0.17322

0.00291

1029.85

16.02

98

1.56

 − 3.3

91500-4-3

0.16819

0.00303

1002.11

16.74

98

1.67

 − 5.9

91500-4-4

0.17241

0.00296

1025.36

16.29

96

1.59

 − 3.8

91500-4-5

0.17096

0.00334

1017.42

18.39

97

1.81

 − 4.5

Average

0.17229

0.00310

1024.69

17.07

97

1.67

 − 3.8

Cylinder/21.2

(with 1.0 g stainless wire)

91500-5-1

0.18190

0.00277

1077.32

15.11

96

1.40

 + 1.1

91500-5-2

0.17913

0.00271

1062.21

14.82

98

1.40

 − 0.30

91500-5-3

0.17830

0.00276

1057.67

15.10

99

1.43

 − 0.73

91500-5-4

0.17996

0.00303

1066.73

16.54

97

1.55

 + 0.12

91500-5-5

0.18037

0.00298

1069.00

16.30

95

1.52

 + 0.34

Average

0.17993

0.00285

1066.59

15.57

97

1.46

 + 0.11

  1. *The referred 206Pb/238U age of zircon 91500 is 1065.4 ± 0.6 Ma (2σ)