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
ETH-50198 PS75/136-3 1.73 1.73 None Benthic and planktic foraminifera Carbonate hydrolysis 0.003088615 None 46431.0 2595.0 Core bent at ca. 2.2 m; surface disturbed

Calibration results for Sample ETH-50198

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) 48102.0 54584.0 to 43720.0 50634.0 to 44916.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 49309.0 54999.0 to 45152.0 51942.0 to 46269.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 47488.0 54397.0 to 53358.0 49933.0 to 44446.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 48524.0 54794.0 to 44205.0 51233.0 to 45408.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 48450.0 54769.0 to 44130.0 51136.0 to 45325.0

Associated publications

Title Author(s) Publication DOI View cores
Retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from the western Amundsen Sea shelf at a pre-or early LGM stage Klages, Johann Philipp and Kuhn, Gerhard and Hillenbrand, C-D and Graham, Alastair GC and Smith, James A and Larter, Robert D and Gohl, Karsten and Wacker, Lukas Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.02.017

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Sample-related information
Core name PS75/136-3
Top depth (m) 1.73
Bottom depth (m) 1.73
Lithology Laminated/stratified gravel-bearing mud with calcareous microfossils (1.73 mbsf)
Facies interpretation Glaciogenic debris flow or proximal grounding zone deposit
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics (Zurich, Switzerland)
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics (Zurich, Switzerland)