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
AA-27756 IWSOE70-3-7-1 2.0 2.0 None Benthic foraminifera (Globocassidulina subglobosa) Carbonate hydrolysis 0.036195883 None 26660.0 490.0 Stolldorf et al. (2012) note that this age (sample AA-27756) was reported incorrectly by Anderson & Andrews (1999), but is corrected here.

Calibration results for Sample AA-27756

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) 29470.0 30494.0 to 28461.0 29963.0 to 29002.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 30784.0 31627.0 to 29999.0 31158.0 to 30352.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 28872.0 29914.0 to 27780.0 29467.0 to 28316.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 29863.0 30852.0 to 28902.0 30331.0 to 29299.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 29790.0 30793.0 to 28834.0 30246.0 to 29237.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Reconstruction of changes in the Weddell Sea sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter and Bentley, Michael J and Stolldorf, Travis D and Hein, Andrew S and Kuhn, Gerhard and Graham, Alastair GC and Fogwill, Christopher J and Kristoffersen, Yngve and Smith, James A and Anderson, John B and others Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.020
LGM ice sheet extent in the Weddell Sea: evidence for diachronous behavior of Antarctic Ice Sheets Stolldorf, Travis and Schenke, Hans-Werner and Anderson, John B Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.017
Radiocarbon constraints on ice sheet advance and retreat in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica Anderson, John B and Andrews, John T Geology, 1999 https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0179:RCOISA>2.3.CO;2

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Field photographs

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Sample-related information
Core name IWSOE70-3-7-1
Top depth (m) 2.0
Bottom depth (m) 2.0
Lithology Gravelly sand
Facies interpretation Proximal glaciomarine
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, Colorado, USA)
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Arizona, Tucson (Tucson, Arizona, USA)