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Table 2

Duration of one SC formation epoch, δt, and the reduced as determined from the least-squares fits in Fig. 4 for each β (Col. 1).

β δt δt
[Myr] [Myr]

1.5 0.42 0.409 0.31 0.230
1.6 0.55 0.409 0.41 0.229
1.7 0.77 0.409 0.56 0.226
1.8 1.11 0.410 0.81 0.223
1.9 1.70 0.414 1.24 0.219
2.0 2.80 0.424 2.01 0.216
2.1 4.94 0.443 3.51 0.218
2.2 9.31 0.475 6.51 0.230
2.3 18.57 0.524 12.75 0.255
2.4 38.77 0.591 26.09 0.296
2.5 83.77 0.677 55.19 0.355
2.6 185.82 0.782 119.79 0.432

Notes. In Cols. 2 and 3 all data points are used while in Cols. 4 and 5 the four data points lying above the relation in Fig. 4 (with 105MMecl,max ≲ 106M) are excluded. All values are visualized in Fig. 5.

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