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-17361 NBP9501-KC37 0.55 0.56 None AIOM Bulk Combustion 0.270601457 -27.7 10500.0 75.0 Samples prepared using methods by Hilfinger (1995)

Calibration results for Sample AA-17361

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) 10816.0 11091.0 to 10551.0 10981.0 to 10680.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 12497.0 12699.0 to 12422.0 12671.0 to 12638.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9983.0 10507.0 to 9477.0 10229.0 to 9693.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 11359.0 11699.0 to 11089.0 11498.0 to 11192.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 11257.0 11577.0 to 11037.0 11378.0 to 11138.0

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-KC37
Top depth (m) 0.55
Bottom depth (m) 0.56
Lithology Sandy diatom mud
Facies interpretation Calving line proximal to open marine
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)