Last Ice Age Millennial Scale Climate Changes Recorded in Huon Peninsula Corals

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Yokoyama, Yusuke, Esat, Tezer M, Lambeck, Kurt, Keith Fifield, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Archeology; Huon; North Atlantic; North atlantic Thermohaline circulation
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200030320; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200030320

Uranium series and radiocarbon ages were measured in corals from the uplifted coral terraces of Huon Peninsula (HP), Papua New Guinea, to provide a calibration for the 14 C time scale beyond 30 ka (kilo annum). Improved analytical procedures, and quantitative criteria for sample selection, helped di...