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
OZB100 KROCK-GC2 1.47 1.48 None AIOM Bulk combustion 0.660644092 -23.9 3330.0 100.0 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); Station 128; 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); d13C estimated; 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83)

Calibration results for Sample OZB100

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) 2339.0 2660.0 to 2056.0 2482.0 to 2174.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 3567.0 3830.0 to 3785.0 3689.0 to 3659.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 1622.0 2130.0 to 1164.0 1847.0 to 1367.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 2828.0 3153.0 to 2498.0 2988.0 to 2686.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 2741.0 3027.0 to 2430.0 2888.0 to 2602.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Late Quaternary history of sedimentation on the Mac. Robertson Shelf, East Antarctica: problems with 14C-dating of marine sediment cores Harris, PT and O'brien, PE and Sedwick, P and Truswell, EM , 1996 https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.130.2.47
Bottom currents, sedimentation and ice-sheet retreat facies successions on the Mac Robertson shelf, East Antarctica Harris, PT and O'Brien, PE Marine Geology, 1998 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00047-4
A geochemical study of marine sediments from the Mac. Robertson shelf, East Antarctica: initial results and palaeoenvironmental implications Sedwick, Peter N and Harris, PT and Robertson, LG and McMurtry, GM and Cremer, MD and Robinson, Philip Annals of Glaciology, 1998 https://doi.org/10.3189/1998AoG27-1-268-274
Quatenary Antarctic ice-sheet fluctuations and Southern Ocean palaeoceanography: natural variability studies at the Antarctic CRC Harris, PT and Howard, W and O'Brien, PE and Sedwick, PN and Sikes, EL AGSO Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 1999
Holocene sediment records from the continental shelf of Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica Sedwick, Peter N and Harris, Peter T and Robertson, Lisette G and McMurtry, Gary M and Cremer, Maximilian D and Robinson, Philip Paleoceanography, 2001 https://doi.org/10.1029/2000PA000504
Evidence from diatoms for Holocene climate fluctuation along the East Antarctic margin Taylor, Fiona and McMinn, Andrew The Holocene, 2001 https://doi.org/10.1191/095968301678302896

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Sample-related information
Core name KROCK-GC2
Top depth (m) 1.47
Bottom depth (m) 1.48
Lithology Siliceous mud and ooze
Facies interpretation Seasonal open-marine
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab