Table 2 Criteria sets were used for classification of the paleointensity results
Criterion | Strict (S) | Moderate (M) | Weak (W) | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n |  ≥ 5 |  ≥ 5 |  ≥ 5 | 5–15 |
FRAC |  ≥ 0.45 |  ≥ 0.30 | – | 0.19–0.97 |
β |  ≤ 0.1 |  ≤ 0.1 | – | 0.01– 0.15 |
q |  ≥ 5 |  ≥ 3 | – | 1.6–52.7 |
|\(\overrightarrow{\text{k}}\)'| |  ≤ 0.13 |  ≤ 0.48 | – | 0.00–1.01 |
MADAnc |  ≤ 6 |  ≤ 10 |  ≤ 10 | 1.1–5.8 |
α |  ≤ 10 |  ≤ 15 | – | 0.6–14.3 |
DRAT | – | – |  ≤ 10 | 1.5–11.0 |
δCK |  ≤ 7 |  ≤ 9 | – | 1.2–6.8 |
δpal |  ≤ 9 |  ≤ 18 | – | 0–40.8 |
δTR |  ≤ 3.4 |  ≤ 20 | – | 1.4–13 |
Δt* |  ≤ 9.0 |  ≤ 50 | – | 0–7.3 |
\({\text{R}}_{\text{corr}}^{2}\) | – | – |  ≥ 0.9 | 0.915–1.000 |
Reference | Paterson et al. (2015) | Modified from Paterson et al. (2014) | Bono et al. (2019) | Â |