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-284608 PS75/160-1 5.88 6.0 None Benthic foraminifera and unspecified calcareous shell fragments and ostracods and brachiopods Carbonate hydrolysis 0.34451957 -2.3 8560.0 40.0 For sufficient calcareous material for 14C dating, samples 5.88 and 6.00 m core depths were combined

Calibration results for Sample Beta-284608

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) 8302.0 8436.0 to 8159.0 8372.0 to 8228.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 9531.0 9595.0 to 9578.0 9545.0 to 9526.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 7706.0 8092.0 to 7333.0 7891.0 to 7520.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 8789.0 9012.0 to 8540.0 8923.0 to 8660.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 8693.0 8928.0 to 8509.0 8792.0 to 8579.0

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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Sample-related information
Core name PS75/160-1
Top depth (m) 5.88
Bottom depth (m) 6.0
Lithology Muddy sand to sandy mud
Facies interpretation Glaciomarine under sea ice and/or ice-shelf cover proximal to grounding line
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab