Chronology file name : SAFR001.CRN Measurement file name : SAFR001.RWL Date checked : 02SEP96 Technician's name : MARIETTE SEKLECKI Supervisor's name : HENRI D. GRISSINO-MAYER Beginning year : 1564 Ending year : 1976 Principal investigators: V.C. LAMARCHE, P.W. DUNWIDDIE Site name : DIE BOS, CAPE Site location : SOUTH AFRICA Species information : WICE CLANWILLIAM CEDAR Latitude : 3224S Longitude : 1913E Elevation : 1330 M Series intercorrelation: 0.513 Avg mean sensitivity : 0.238 Avg standard deviation : 0.660 Avg autocorrelation : 0.800 Number dated series : 55 Segment length tested : 50 Number problem segments: 62 Pct problem segments : 15.09 Are there obvious misdated series? NO Number possible misdated series : N/A Percent misdated series : 0.00 Do they affect chronology quality? N/A Recommend withhold from ITRDB? N/A Comments: #4 DIB082 1600-1724, #24 DIB301 1574-1774, #25 DIB311 1602-1724 HAVE LOW CORRELATIONS CHRONOLOGY NOT RELIABLE BEFORE 1675 #47 DIB482 SHOULD BE DELETED MANY INNER RING SEGMENTS SHOULD BE DELETED DATA SET COULD BE IMRPOVED SIGNIFICANTLY PART 5: CORRELATION OF SERIES BY SEGMENTS: 15:14 Mon 02 SEP 1996 Page 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Correlations of 50-year dated segments, lagged 25 years Flags: A = correlation under 0.3281 but highest as dated; B = correlation higher at other than dated position Seq Series Time_span 1550 1575 1600 1625 1650 1675 1700 1725 1750 1775 1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1599 1624 1649 1674 1699 1724 1749 1774 1799 1824 1849 1874 1899 1924 1949 1974 1999 --- -------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 DIB051 1881 1976 .52 .57 .59 .64 2 DIB052 1859 1976 .76 .73 .52 .56 .57 3 DIB081 1564 1755 .53 .43 .17B .10B .50 .57 .41 .49 4 DIB082 1564 1770 .57 .41 .13B .12B .21B .26A .36 .44 5 DIB091 1890 1976 .71 .73 .58 .61 6 DIB092 1880 1976 .77 .77 .66 .67 7 DIB093 1879 1976 .77 .77 .59 .59 8 DIB094 1880 1976 .68 .77 .67 .67 9 DIB095 1879 1976 .67 .80 .67 .67 10 DIB101 1688 1976 .36 .37 .61 .70 .68 .68 .66 .55 .60 .60 .54 .57 11 DIB102 1621 1976 .04B .06B .37 .50 .46 .42 .49 .47 .40 .61 .73 .64 .51 .42 .48 12 DIB103 1634 1976 .07B .25A .62 .63 .32A .52 .61 .60 .74 .68 .65 .53 .51 .56 13 DIB111 1748 1976 .56 .56 .46 .40 .52 .36 .15B .23B .48 .50 14 DIB112 1700 1976 .43 .61 .66 .64 .63 .58 .55 .65 .67 .56 .59 15 DIB113 1696 1976 .58 .55 .34B .52 .57 .49 .52 .41 .40 .53 .57 .63 16 DIB131 1770 1872 .57 .59 .49 .51 17 DIB151 1779 1872 .81 .79 .78 18 DIB161 1706 1872 .57 .63 .73 .82 .67 .50 19 DIB181 1722 1976 .32A .35 .64 .67 .75 .73 .68 .76 .66 .53 .56 20 DIB191 1770 1976 .50 .50 .46 .65 .58 .58 .76 .73 .76 21 DIB201 1892 1976 .51 .60 .61 .65 22 DIB202 1888 1976 .31A .40 .59 .69 23 DIB232 1681 1976 .39 .21B .08B .46 .51 .42 .45 .51 .44 .33 .05B .09B 24 DIB301 1574 1900 .00B .04B-.22B-.17B .08B .29A .31A .29A .46 .49 .53 .64 .66 .63 25 DIB311 1602 1869 -.48B-.17B .15B .33A .53 .45 .50 .73 .77 .75 26 DIB321 1698 1865 .59 .57 .58 .70 .67 .70 .63 27 DIB322 1698 1867 .44 .45 .46 .62 .54 .66 .71 28 DIB323 1698 1869 .54 .55 .57 .73 .78 .77 .66 29 DIB324 1698 1856 .51 .51 .48 .62 .67 .79 .77 30 DIB401 1896 1976 .72 .72 .67 .69 31 DIB402 1878 1976 .47 .54 .66 .69 32 DIB403 1848 1976 .28A .28A .33A .47 .52 .48 33 DIB421 1775 1976 .28B .57 .57 .49 .59 .61 .53 .58 34 DIB424 1826 1976 .01B .52 .72 .53 .49 .47 35 DIB431 1665 1910 .34 .45 .13B .24B .40 .37 .59 .69 .72 .67 36 DIB432 1667 1890 .44 .46 .29A .43 .64 .56 .48 .49 .54 37 DIB441 1864 1976 .75 .71 .71 .73 .74 38 DIB442 1858 1976 .62 .60 .67 .74 .76 39 DIB443 1875 1976 .77 .79 .76 .81 40 DIB451 1679 1910 .45 .44 .61 .54 .35 .19B .39 .45 .52 41 DIB452 1650 1910 .18B .60 .55 .56 .55 .40 .36 .54 .66 .71 42 DIB461 1712 1976 .16B .28B .44 .66 .56 .44 .44 .45 .48 .58 .61 43 DIB462 1714 1976 .36B .33B .47 .66 .69 .61 .65 .64 .62 .53 .50 44 DIB463 1700 1976 .08B .37 .59 .64 .49 .51 .63 .60 .61 .65 .67 45 DIB471 1813 1976 .32A .12B .16A .38 .61 .70 .77 46 DIB481 1810 1976 .18B .25A .48 .54 .59 .71 .78 47 DIB482 1812 1910 .34 .29A .31A .38 48 DIB491 1840 1976 .54 .52 .57 .53 .39 .42 49 DIB492 1839 1976 .69 .70 .66 .58 .49 .52 50 DIB493 1881 1976 .66 .58 .24A .30A 51 DIB501 1898 1976 .61 .61 .50 .59 52 DIB511 1727 1960 .42B .59 .70 .67 .73 .49 .45 .41 .29A 53 DIB422 1722 1976 .27B .23A .49 .72 .69 .61 .68 .71 .52 .51 .54 54 DIB231 1700 1873 .40 .43 .45 .35 .28B .31B 55 DIB423 1738 1976 .38 .52 .63 .65 .55 .59 .67 .48 .46 .50 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: 15:14 Mon 02 SEP 1996 Page 9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corr //-------- Unfiltered --------\\ //---- Filtered -----\\ No. No. No. with Mean Max Std Auto Mean Max Std Auto AR Seq Series Interval Years Segmt Flags Master msmt msmt dev corr sens value dev corr () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 1 DIB051 1881 1976 96 4 0 0.588 1.30 2.83 0.651 0.773 0.277 1.92 0.290 -0.049 1 2 DIB052 1859 1976 118 5 0 0.641 1.13 2.92 0.595 0.748 0.295 2.02 0.313 0.001 1 3 DIB081 1564 1755 192 8 2 0.439 1.04 2.73 0.466 0.661 0.280 2.29 0.414 -0.004 2 4 DIB082 1564 1770 207 8 4 0.367 0.93 3.65 0.523 0.625 0.336 2.23 0.396 -0.026 2 5 DIB091 1890 1976 87 4 0 0.626 1.57 5.12 0.936 0.863 0.208 1.98 0.347 -0.065 1 6 DIB092 1880 1976 97 4 0 0.711 1.67 5.67 1.110 0.882 0.239 2.28 0.463 -0.101 1 7 DIB093 1879 1976 98 4 0 0.686 1.65 6.11 1.140 0.874 0.241 2.18 0.393 -0.075 1 8 DIB094 1880 1976 97 4 0 0.677 1.39 3.74 0.828 0.857 0.225 2.06 0.407 -0.043 1 9 DIB095 1879 1976 98 4 0 0.679 1.41 3.95 0.842 0.850 0.253 2.08 0.416 -0.069 1 10 DIB101 1688 1976 289 12 0 0.570 0.61 2.84 0.389 0.886 0.253 2.13 0.381 0.001 3 11 DIB102 1621 1976 356 15 2 0.453 0.82 3.90 0.724 0.937 0.232 2.08 0.340 -0.027 1 12 DIB103 1634 1976 343 14 3 0.523 0.48 1.48 0.320 0.869 0.287 2.21 0.325 -0.027 1 13 DIB111 1748 1976 229 10 2 0.389 0.78 3.05 0.558 0.875 0.266 2.07 0.320 0.002 1 14 DIB112 1700 1976 277 11 0 0.592 1.16 5.11 0.638 0.767 0.230 2.28 0.306 -0.010 1 15 DIB113 1696 1976 281 12 1 0.508 0.91 4.20 0.557 0.829 0.226 2.26 0.345 -0.043 2 16 DIB131 1770 1872 103 4 0 0.534 1.43 4.67 0.655 0.816 0.177 2.18 0.402 -0.004 1 17 DIB151 1779 1872 94 3 0 0.778 1.82 4.45 0.673 0.519 0.248 2.40 0.436 0.022 1 18 DIB161 1706 1872 167 6 0 0.611 0.81 2.62 0.515 0.787 0.272 2.60 0.428 -0.023 1 19 DIB181 1722 1976 255 11 1 0.617 1.37 3.89 0.681 0.720 0.252 2.23 0.337 0.012 1 20 DIB191 1770 1976 207 9 0 0.625 1.61 5.98 0.939 0.760 0.244 2.19 0.337 0.014 1 21 DIB201 1892 1976 85 4 0 0.529 1.50 4.65 0.834 0.780 0.224 2.49 0.426 0.041 1 22 DIB202 1888 1976 89 4 1 0.449 1.28 3.58 0.767 0.715 0.295 2.42 0.393 0.126 1 23 DIB232 1681 1976 296 12 4 0.319 1.09 4.35 0.718 0.903 0.201 2.02 0.294 -0.014 1 24 DIB301 1574 1900 327 14 8 0.298 1.10 3.04 0.600 0.848 0.228 2.00 0.319 -0.041 1 25 DIB311 1602 1869 268 10 4 0.316 0.97 4.49 0.508 0.697 0.238 2.42 0.417 -0.025 1 26 DIB321 1698 1865 168 7 0 0.616 1.08 2.57 0.436 0.667 0.230 2.19 0.379 -0.037 1 27 DIB322 1698 1867 170 7 0 0.576 1.10 2.53 0.447 0.662 0.262 2.11 0.365 -0.033 3 28 DIB323 1698 1869 172 7 0 0.654 1.03 2.66 0.457 0.697 0.269 2.15 0.386 -0.035 1 29 DIB324 1698 1856 159 7 0 0.643 1.00 3.26 0.437 0.639 0.272 2.41 0.442 -0.061 1 30 DIB401 1896 1976 81 4 0 0.693 1.66 4.10 0.854 0.923 0.174 1.99 0.350 0.001 1 31 DIB402 1878 1976 99 4 0 0.594 0.98 1.63 0.353 0.813 0.179 1.99 0.351 0.024 1 32 DIB403 1848 1976 129 6 3 0.410 0.90 4.09 0.703 0.962 0.181 1.79 0.266 -0.032 1 33 DIB421 1775 1976 202 8 1 0.509 1.47 5.53 0.903 0.879 0.186 2.21 0.307 0.009 1 34 DIB424 1826 1976 151 6 1 0.391 1.21 2.82 0.522 0.845 0.184 2.05 0.283 0.019 1 35 DIB431 1665 1910 246 10 2 0.475 1.34 4.01 0.731 0.874 0.198 2.10 0.329 -0.012 3 36 DIB432 1667 1890 224 9 1 0.487 1.39 5.13 0.772 0.854 0.195 2.28 0.377 0.005 2 37 DIB441 1864 1976 113 5 0 0.741 2.09 4.67 1.027 0.691 0.292 2.16 0.427 -0.051 1 38 DIB442 1858 1976 119 5 0 0.656 1.63 3.55 0.763 0.681 0.280 2.01 0.374 -0.084 2 39 DIB443 1875 1976 102 4 0 0.773 2.14 5.33 1.062 0.703 0.269 2.24 0.413 -0.037 1 40 DIB451 1679 1910 232 9 1 0.437 1.03 3.83 0.732 0.895 0.228 2.10 0.342 0.014 1 41 DIB452 1650 1910 261 10 1 0.483 1.08 3.40 0.635 0.837 0.235 2.03 0.350 0.006 2 42 DIB461 1712 1976 265 11 2 0.451 1.06 3.53 0.453 0.710 0.216 2.27 0.370 -0.018 4 43 DIB462 1714 1976 263 11 2 0.538 1.09 2.63 0.439 0.736 0.228 2.20 0.307 0.033 1 44 DIB463 1700 1976 277 11 1 0.490 1.26 4.06 0.547 0.764 0.204 2.12 0.306 -0.019 3 45 DIB471 1813 1976 164 7 3 0.411 2.17 6.41 1.446 0.826 0.291 2.13 0.315 -0.049 1 46 DIB481 1810 1976 167 7 2 0.481 0.98 3.23 0.460 0.688 0.263 2.21 0.452 -0.005 2 47 DIB482 1812 1910 99 4 2 0.356 1.09 2.87 0.502 0.788 0.215 2.09 0.373 -0.041 3 48 DIB491 1840 1976 137 6 0 0.482 2.58 7.08 1.677 0.878 0.217 1.98 0.266 0.077 1 PART 7: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: 15:14 Mon 02 SEP 1996 Page 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corr //-------- Unfiltered --------\\ //---- Filtered -----\\ No. No. No. with Mean Max Std Auto Mean Max Std Auto AR Seq Series Interval Years Segmt Flags Master msmt msmt dev corr sens value dev corr () --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- 49 DIB492 1839 1976 138 6 0 0.600 2.33 6.48 1.102 0.814 0.212 1.93 0.325 0.020 1 50 DIB493 1881 1976 96 4 2 0.471 1.73 6.26 1.312 0.855 0.253 2.04 0.329 -0.024 1 51 DIB501 1898 1976 79 4 0 0.578 1.58 3.31 0.658 0.554 0.265 2.16 0.381 0.022 1 52 DIB511 1727 1960 234 9 2 0.510 0.41 1.90 0.262 0.713 0.321 2.38 0.287 -0.008 1 53 DIB422 1722 1976 255 11 2 0.573 1.18 4.09 0.728 0.893 0.214 2.02 0.264 -0.008 1 54 DIB231 1700 1873 174 6 2 0.373 0.90 2.48 0.483 0.928 0.157 1.94 0.278 0.069 1 55 DIB423 1738 1976 239 10 0 0.541 1.19 4.07 0.753 0.899 0.205 1.98 0.276 -0.029 1 --- -------- --------- ----- ----- ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- Total or mean: 9971 411 62 0.513 1.18 7.08 0.660 0.800 0.238 2.60 0.347 -0.012