Paleomagnetic directional groups and paleointensity from the flood basalt in the Tarim large igneous province: implications for eruption frequency

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Table 2 Summary of the directional results

Site	Longitude (º)	Latitude (º)	Bedding strike	Bedding dip	n	Dec. (º)	Inc. (º)	Dec_c (º)	Inc_c (º)	α ₉₅ (º)	k
KP1a	79.772	40.797	38	26	8	190.9	−44.0	217.7	−53.7	2.2	787
KP1b	79.775	40.798	38	26	5	213.4	−35.7	230.2	−32.4	2.5	962
KP2	79.777	40.797	38	26	8	213.1	−61.9	255.0	−54.0	4.2	175
KZ1	79.770	40.762	56	26	4	182.4	−38.7	203.9	−56.8	4.9	349
KZ2a	79.772	40.760	56	26	4	191.6	−35.8	212.4	−50.8	7.2	164
KZ2b	79.772	40.759	56	26	7	190.6	−37.9	212.9	−53.0	2.9	422
KZ2c	79.774	40.760	56	26	5	190.8	−37.2	214.0	−55.4	4.8	256
KZ3a	79.774	40.759	56	26	7	194.0	−40.2	218.8	−53.6	2.2	787
KZ3c	79.774	40.758	56	26	6	198.9	−32.0	220.8	−41.2	2.5	731
KZ4	79.472	40.665	100	30	4	222.0	−10.6	229.6	−35.2	7.4	156
KZ5	79.523	40.650	100	30	5	209.4	−31.2	222.8	−58.5	8.7	77.9

Latitude and longitude are GPS latitude of the site. Bedding strike and dip are expressed in dip to right of strike format
n specimen number, Dec. and Inc. in situ declination and inclination, Dec_c and Inc_c tilt-corrected declination and inclination. α95 Fisher (1953) 95% confidence limit, k Fisher (1953) concentration parameter