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Database fields, all categories

Sample identification
 IDUnique record identifier
 SAMPLESample ID from published source. If none was given in the cited source, then a sample id was created for this database.
Geographic location
 QUADName of 1:250,000 scale quadrangle
 LATITUDELatitude in decimal degrees
 LONGITUDELongitude in decimal degrees, west longitude negative
Processing information
 METHODIsotopic dating method
 COMMENTField for free text.
 REFReference of data sample.
Sample characteristics
 ROCKRock name or type
 MINERALMineral or phase dated from sample; or denotes that date is calculated from an isochron.
Analytic result
 OAGE
 AGE_MYAge estimate of the sample in millions of years

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