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Table 3 Percentage of eruptions in LaMEVE dated using each technique group

From: Characterisation of the Quaternary eruption record: analysis of the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database

Dating technique group

Techniques

% eruptions

Radiometric

Radiocarbon (corrected), Radiocarbon (uncorrected), U-Th series, Ar-Ar, K-Ar, Isothermal Plateau Fission Track, Fission track

54.3

Proxy

Stratigraphy, Sediment accumulation, Magnetic stratigraphy, Oxygen isotopes, Ice core, Relative dating, Radiocarbon and Stratigraphy, Tephrochronology

23.7

Historical

Historical

18.8

Other

Thermoluminescence, Dendrochronology, Varve count, Electron Spin Resonance, Anthropology

3.2