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-50197 PS75/130-1 3.17 3.17 None Benthic and planktic foraminifera Carbonate hydrolysis 0.095911476 None 18832.0 169.0

Calibration results for Sample ETH-50197

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) 21180.0 21731.0 to 20712.0 21411.0 to 20904.0
Intcal20 default - Terrestrial 0.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 22733.0 23021.0 to 22408.0 22925.0 to 22568.0
Marine20 default - Southern Ocean 1141.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 20453.0 21096.0 to 19807.0 20771.0 to 20153.0
Marine20 default - S. Baffin Island (Bay ?) 150.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 21697.0 22175.0 to 21167.0 21955.0 to 21443.0
Marine20 default - N. Baffin Island (Bay?) 220.0 IOSACal (v.0.6.0) 21612.0 22080.0 to 21090.0 21876.0 to 21373.0

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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Field photographs

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Sample-related information
Core name PS75/130-1
Top depth (m) 3.17
Bottom depth (m) 3.17
Lithology Laminated/stratified mud with layers of calcareous microfossils (3.19-3.15, 1.85-1.8, and 1.25-1.2 mbsf), sandy mud, and gravel-bearing mud
Facies interpretation Alternating settling of hemipelagic and meltwater plume material in a sub-sea ice or sub-ice shelf environment, occasional release of ice-rafted debris from icebergs or basal layer of an ice shelf
Total organic carbon (%) None
Preparation lab Beta Analytic Inc. (Miami, Florida, USA)
Accelerator mass spectrometer lab Beta Analytic Inc. (Miami, Florida, USA)