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
SUERC-16511 PS69/274-1 2.21 2.24 None Extracted diatom AIOM Bulk combustion 0.529273236 -27.5 5111.0 38.0 Core top age from PS69/275-2; TOC: 0.2% from extracted and cleaned diatom parts; TOC: 0.2% from extracted and cleaned diatom parts; Possible contamination from atmospheric CO2 by adsorption onto extracted diatom hard parts prior to graphitization

Calibration results for Sample SUERC-16511

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) 4575.0 4774.0 to 4409.0 4675.0 to 4477.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 5820.0 5931.0 to 5840.0 5916.0 to 5888.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 3797.0 4303.0 to 3331.0 4045.0 to 3551.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 5077.0 5294.0 to 4847.0 5213.0 to 4958.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 4984.0 5208.0 to 4820.0 5062.0 to 4860.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Age assignment of a diatomaceous ooze deposited in the western Amundsen Sea Embayment after the Last Glacial Maximum Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter and Smith, James A and Kuhn, Gerhard and Esper, Oliver and Gersonde, Rainer and Larter, Rob D and Maher, Barbara and Moreton, Steven G and Shimmield, Tracy M and Korte, Monika Journal of Quaternary Science: Published for the Quaternary Research Association, 2010 https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1308
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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Lab photographs

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Complete dump of sample & measurement data

Sample-related information
Core name PS69/274-1
Top depth (m) 2.21
Bottom depth (m) 2.24
Lithology Diatomaceous ooze
Facies interpretation Seasonal open-marine
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab