EarthRef.org Digital Archive (ERDA) -- 40Ar/39Ar Age Determination 06C2983 (KOP000031

Description
This upload contains the 40Ar/39Ar geochronology age determination of sample OFU-1 2F18-06 (ALIA 103-04) from Ofu, Samoa and was calculated using the ArArCALC freeware. The preferred age of 0.27 ± 0.07 Ma is the age plateau and is interpreted as the eruption age of the sample. A good age plateau that is concordant with the inverse and normal isochron ages. Relatively large error bars on individual incremental heating steps because this a relatively young submarine basalt sample. The age determination was carried out on a sample of basanite (groundmass 210-300µm) in an incremental heating experiment and using the bulk laser heating extraction method. The analyses were run on a MAP215-50 mass spectrometer and the ages were calculated relative to flux monitor FCT-3 (biotite) with an age of 28.030 ± 0.010 Ma. This sample was collected by Stan Hart (shart@whoi.edu). Location Description: West Rift

Instructions
This ERDA upload contains four separate 40Ar/39Ar age calculation files generated with ArArCALC. Both the XLS and PDF files are for easy viewing in Microsoft Excel or Adobe Acrobat Reader, whereas the AGE file is readable by the ArArCALC software only and the XML file is generated for the GEOCHRON online database project. For full age calculation functionality it is recommended that you open the AGE file in the ArArCALC software that is available as freeware online at http://earthref.org/tools/ararcalc.htm ...

Keywords
40Ar/39Ar, Geochronology, Radiometric Age Dating, K/Ar, Argon, Mass Spectrometry, ArArCALC, Data Reduction, KOP000031 (IGSN), 06C2983 (Experiment), SAMOA (Project), Dredging>Chain Bag (Collection Method), Ship (Platform Type), Individual Sample (Collection Object), Igneous>Volcanic>Mafic (Rock Classification), 210-300 µm (Grain Size), Seamount (Feature Type)