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
GGU-194470/71 Raised marine section in Melville Bugt-1 2.75 2.76 None Mya truncata, Hiatella arctica Carbonate hydrolosis 0.006543688210538337 1.1 40400.0 None No sampling interval reported - assumed middle of section; Estimated lat/lon from Kelly 1980 Figure 10. Published coordinates were too coarse. ; Corrected for isotopic fractionation.

Calibration results for Sample GGU-194470/71

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)
No calibration results available.

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Preliminary investigations of the Quaternary of Melville Bugt and Dundas, North-West Greenland_1980 Kelly, M. Rapport Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse, 1980 https://doi.org/10.34194/rapggu.v100.7691

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Sample-related information
Core name Raised marine section in Melville Bugt-1
Top depth (m) 2.75
Bottom depth (m) 2.76
Lithology clayey silts
Facies interpretation sea level was above this location and clayey silt and marine bivalves were deposited
Total organic carbon (%) None
Lake name Raised marine section from Navdlortoq, Melville Bugt
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab