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-194478 Raised marine section in Melville Bugt-2 1.6 1.7 None Mya truncata Carbonate hydrolosis 0.012043014349893818 0.9 35500.0 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-194478

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-2
Top depth (m) 1.6
Bottom depth (m) 1.7
Lithology fossiliferous sand and gravel
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 Ivarqigsorssuaq, Melville Bugt
Preparation lab
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab