About the Authors

Axel K. Schmitt

axel@argon.ess.ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Martin Danišík

Affiliation Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Erkan Aydar

Affiliation ATERRA R&D, Yuksel Cad. 30/8, Kizilay, Ankara, Turkey

Erdal Şen

Affiliation Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

İnan Ulusoy

Affiliation Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

Oscar M. Lovera

Affiliation Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Erkan Aydar is employed by ATERRA R&D. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the atuhors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA AKS MD. Performed the experiments: AKS MD. Analyzed the data: AKS MD EA EŞ IU OML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKS MD. Wrote the paper: AKS MD EA EŞ IU OML. Collected the samples and provided field descriptions: EŞ IU.