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
NZA4813 KROCK-GC3 0.14 0.15 None Foraminifera (unspecified) Carbonate hydrolysis 0.584478822 0.69 4314.0 96.0 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); Station 129; 14C tracer was used on board for rates of primary production (https://doi.org/10.26179/vmg9-js25; pg. 82-83); 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 NZA4813

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) 3532.0 3818.0 to 3270.0 3662.0 to 3394.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 4910.0 5283.0 to 5162.0 5206.0 to 5204.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 2818.0 3333.0 to 2314.0 3082.0 to 2554.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 4048.0 4387.0 to 3718.0 4218.0 to 3881.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 3955.0 4258.0 to 3649.0 4112.0 to 3812.0

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
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

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Sample-related information
Core name KROCK-GC3
Top depth (m) 0.14
Bottom depth (m) 0.15
Lithology Siliceous mud and ooze
Facies interpretation Seasonal open-marine
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab