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
AA49696 NBP9902-TC05 0.11 0.13 0.61 AIOM Bulk combustion 0.327498965 -25.6 8967.0 62.0

Calibration results for Sample AA49696

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 - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9310.0 9521.0 to 9060.0 9440.0 to 9202.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9232.0 9425.0 to 9016.0 9348.0 to 9122.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Expansion and rapid retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in eastern Ross Sea: possible consequence of over-extended ice streams? Mosola, Amanda B and Anderson, John B Quaternary Science Reviews, 2006 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.12.013
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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Sample-related information
Core name NBP9902-TC05
Top depth (m) 0.11
Bottom depth (m) 0.13
Lithology Olive (5Y 5/3), diatomaceous, subangular to subrounded, very fine to rare medium sand-bearing, silt-rich mud with a transition occurring at 0.34 m to dark greenish gray (Gley 1 4/1) subangular to subrounded, very fine to rare medium sand-bearing, silt-rich mud. Olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), to dark greenish gray (Gley 1 4/1), abundant (> 50%), firm, silt-rich, very fine to rare medium mud pebbles occurs in zones throughout the core.
Facies interpretation Glacial marine
Total organic carbon (%) 0.61
Preparation lab Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Arizona, Tucson (Tucson, Arizona, USA)
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Arizona, Tucson (Tucson, Arizona, USA)