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Table 3 Summary of experiments run for this study

From: Investigating the utility of a high-temperature Thellier-style paleointensity experimental protocol

Experiment

Temperatures (°C)

Number of steps

Specimens

Expected mean PI estimatea

200CT

\(T \in \left[ {200, Tc} \right]\)

11

25

21.0

300CT

\(T \in \left[ {300,Tc} \right]\)

11

16

19.6

400CT

\(T \in \left[ {400,Tc} \right]\)

9

18

21.8

500CT

\(T \in \left[ {500,Tc} \right]\)

9

17

20.9

HiTeCT

\(T \in \left[ {Tc - 20,Tc + 10} \right]\)

9 or 11

19

19.3

  1. aBased on the estimates from Teanby et al. (2002) and Gratton et al. (2005)