Sample

Sample name Core name Top depth (m) Bottom depth (m) Total organic carbon (%) Carbon type Sample preparation method Fraction modern δ13C (‰, PDB) Age (14C yr) Age uncertainty (14C yr; 1σ) Comments
AA-17352 NBP9501-KC39 2.08 2.1 None AIOM Bulk Combustion 0.168821727 -26.7 14290.0 95.0 Samples prepared using methods by Hilfinger (1995)

Calibration results for Sample AA-17352

Calibration curve Reservoir correction (14C yr) Calibration software Calibrated age, median probability (cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 95.45% probability range (2σ; cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 68.2% probability range (1σ; cal. yr BP)
Marine20 default - Global Ocean 550.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 15746.0 16075.0 to 15414.0 15914.0 to 15586.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 17382.0 17770.0 to 17088.0 17488.0 to 17127.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 14925.0 15533.0 to 14214.0 15259.0 to 14590.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 16265.0 16637.0 to 15901.0 16443.0 to 16082.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 16173.0 16510.0 to 15839.0 16333.0 to 16008.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Late Pleistocene-Holocene marine conditions in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: evidence from the diatom record Cunningham, Wendy L and Leventer, Amy and Andrews, John T and Jennings, Anne E and Licht, Kathy J The Holocene, 1999 https://doi.org/10.1191/095968399675624796
Late Pleistocene--Holocene retreat of the West Antarctic Ice-Sheet system in the Ross Sea: Part 2—sedimentologic and stratigraphic signature Domack, Eugene W and Jacobson, Erik A and Shipp, Stephanie and Anderson, John B Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1999 https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1517:LPHROT>2.3.CO;2
Ross Sea paleo-ice sheet drainage and deglacial history during and since the LGM Anderson, John B and Conway, Howard and Bart, Philip J and Witus, Alexandra E and Greenwood, Sarah L and McKay, Robert M and Hall, Brenda L and Ackert, Robert P and Licht, Kathy and Jakobsson, Martin and others Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.020

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Field photographs

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Sample-related information
Core name NBP9501-KC39
Top depth (m) 2.08
Bottom depth (m) 2.1
Lithology Muddy gravel
Facies interpretation Sub-ice shelf proximal to grounding line
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab Hamilton College (Clinton, New York, USA)
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Arizona, Tucson (Tucson, Arizona, USA)