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
Beta-300839 PS75/167-1 2.5 2.5 None Mixed benthic and planktic foraminifera and unspecified calcareous shell fragments Carbonate hydrolysis 0.33688557 0.5 8740.0 40.0

Calibration results for Sample Beta-300839

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) 8492.0 8646.0 to 8344.0 8561.0 to 8411.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9708.0 9891.0 to 9836.0 9881.0 to 9869.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 7880.0 8284.0 to 7511.0 8062.0 to 7670.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9041.0 9283.0 to 8774.0 9180.0 to 8929.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 8940.0 9132.0 to 8717.0 9036.0 to 8833.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Grounding-line retreat of the west Antarctic ice sheet from inner Pine island Bay Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter and Kuhn, Gerhard and Smith, James A and Gohl, Karsten and Graham, Alastair GC and Larter, Robert D and Klages, Johann P and Downey, Rachel and Moreton, Steven G and Forwick, Matthias and others Geology, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1130/G33469.1
Reconstruction of changes in the Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet since the last glacial maximum Larter, Robert D and Anderson, John B and Graham, Alastair GC and Gohl, Karsten and Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter and Jakobsson, Martin and Johnson, Joanne S and Kuhn, Gerhard and Nitsche, Frank O and Smith, James A and others Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.016

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Field photographs

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Sample-related information
Core name PS75/167-1
Top depth (m) 2.5
Bottom depth (m) 2.5
Lithology Sandy gravel, enriched in calcareous microfossils
Facies interpretation High energy gravity flows or current winnowing of glaciomarine sediment under sea-ice and/or ice-shelf proximal to grounding line
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab