Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Deglacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the western Amundsen Sea embayment Smith, James A and Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter and Kuhn, Gerhard and Larter, Robert D and Graham, Alastair GC and Ehrmann, Werner and Moreton, Steven G and Forwick, Matthias Quaternary Science Reviews, 2011 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.020
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

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
PS69/274-1 Antarctica, Amundsen Sea March 7, 2006 Gravity -73.85600 -117.77570 1452.0 4.53 Core top age from PS69/275-2; TOC: 0.4%; TOC: 0.2%; TOC: 0.5%; TOC: 0.8%; TOC: 0.6%; TOC: 0.2%; TOC: 0.2% from extracted and cleaned diatom parts; TOC: 0.2% from extracted and cleaned diatom parts; Estimated d13C value; Estimated d13C value; Possible contamination from atmospheric CO2 by adsorption onto extracted diatom hard parts prior to graphitization; Possible contamination from atmospheric CO2 by adsorption onto extracted diatom hard parts prior to graphitization

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
ANT-XXIII/4 (PS69) RV Polarstern Feb. 10, 2006 April 11, 2006 https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0557_2007

Samples in this core

Sample ID Core depth
(m)
Lithology Facies interpretation Carbon type Sample preparation type Age (14C yr ± 1σ) Calibrated age, median probability (cal. yr BP) Calibrated age, 2σ range (cal. yr BP) Comments
SUERC-11798 2.315 - 2.325 Diatomaceous ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM (ooze) Bulk combustion 11967.0 ± 49.0 12068.0 12591.0-11494.0 None
SUERC-14428 0.595 - 0.605 Mud Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 7740.0 ± 39.0 6882.0 7292.0-6450.0 None
SUERC-14429 1.395 - 1.405 Mud Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 14199.0 ± 61.0 14782.0 15348.0-14114.0 None
SUERC-15252 2.095 - 2.105 Diatomaceous ooze Seasonal open-marine AIOM (ooze) Bulk combustion 12034.0 ± 69.0 12153.0 12659.0-11592.0 None
SUERC-16511 2.21 - 2.24 Diatomaceous ooze Seasonal open-marine Extracted diatom AIOM Bulk combustion 5111.0 ± 38.0 3797.0 4303.0-3331.0 None
SUERC-16512 2.21 - 2.24 Diatomaceous ooze Seasonal open-marine Extracted diatom AIOM Bulk combustion 5106.0 ± 38.0 3790.0 4297.0-3325.0 None
SUERC-21448 1.765 - 1.775 Mud Seasonal open-marine AIOM Bulk combustion 14821.0 ± 64.0 15665.0 16196.0-15134.0 None
SUERC-21449 3.115 - 3.125 Mud Glaciomarine under ice shelf or sea ice cover, proximal to grounding line AIOM Bulk combustion 24416.0 ± 198.0 26651.0 27191.0-26045.0 None

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