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

Core information

Core name Region Collection date IGSN ID Core type Latitude (DD) Longitude (DD) Water depth
(m)
Core length
(m)
Comments
PS75/214-1 Antarctica, Amundsen Sea March 16, 2010 Gravity -74.53270 -102.62130 641.0 7.72 For sufficient calcareous material for 14C dating, samples 4.80 and 4.97 m core depths were combined

Expedition information

Expedition name Ship Start date End date Report DOI
ANT-XXVI/3 (PS75) RV Polarstern Jan. 29, 2010 April 5, 2010 https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0617_2010

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
Beta-300843 2.4 - 2.4 Mud interlaminated with thin silt layers Meltwater plume under sea ice and/or thin ice-shelf distal to grounding line Ostracods and mixed benthic and planktic foraminifera Carbonate hydrolysis 8830.0 ± 40.0 7973.0 8359.0-7589.0 None
Beta-300844 2.8 - 2.8 Mud interlaminated with thin silt layers Meltwater plume under sea ice and/or thin ice-shelf distal to grounding line Ostracods and mixed benthic and planktic foraminifera Carbonate hydrolysis 8540.0 ± 40.0 7687.0 8064.0-7310.0 None
Beta-300845 4.0 - 4.0 Mud interlaminated with thin silt layers Meltwater plume under sea ice and/or thin ice-shelf distal to grounding line Ostracods and mixed benthic and planktic foraminifera Carbonate hydrolysis 8580.0 ± 40.0 7725.0 8119.0-7359.0 None
Beta-300846 4.8 - 4.97 Mud with sandy and gravelly layers, coarse-grained layers occasionally enriched in calcareous microfossils Glaciomarine under sea ice and/or ice-shelf cover proximal to grounding line Mixed benthic and panktic foraminifera Carbonate hydrolysis 11090.0 ± 50.0 10801.0 11263.0-10242.0 For sufficient calcareous material for 14C dating, samples 4.80 and 4.97 m core depths were combined
Beta-300847 5.78 - 5.78 Pebbly gravel Glaciomarine under sea ice and/or ice-shelf cover proximal to grounding line Benthic foraminifera and bivalves Carbonate hydrolysis 8280.0 ± 40.0 7437.0 7822.0-7045.0 None

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