Improving Antarctic Sediment 14C Dating Using Ramped Pyrolysis: An Example from the Hugo Island Trough
To improve the chronology of sediments containing information about Holocene ice shelf and oceanic dynamics in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula, we compare bulk acid-insoluble radiocarbon dating to ramped pyrolysis 14 C dating in a sediment core containing ample organic material. This core sp...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0033822200047846 2024-03-03T08:37:12+00:00 Improving Antarctic Sediment 14C Dating Using Ramped Pyrolysis: An Example from the Hugo Island Trough Rosenheim, Brad E Santoro, Jennifer A Gunter, Madeleine Domack, Eugene W 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200047846 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Radiocarbon volume 55, issue 01, page 115-126 ISSN 0033-8222 1945-5755 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Archeology journal-article 2013 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200047846 2024-02-08T08:47:57Z To improve the chronology of sediments containing information about Holocene ice shelf and oceanic dynamics in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula, we compare bulk acid-insoluble radiocarbon dating to ramped pyrolysis 14 C dating in a sediment core containing ample organic material. This core spans the last 12,000 yr of open-shelf sedimentation in the Bellingshausen Sea, western Antarctic Peninsula. By estimating the spectrum of 14 C ages within a given core horizon, the ramped pyrolysis 14 C method separates organic carbon relative to thermal stability, isolating younger parts of the mixture from older ones and providing an estimate of the geological uncertainty inherent in a bulk 14 C age. Employing the ramped pyrolysis 14 C method to this core demonstrates variable bulk 14 C age bias and increasing age spectrum downcore, neither of which can be associated with major changes in lithology of the core. The chronology of the sediment core using the youngest ages from the ramped pyrolysis technique allows for correlation between nearby Palmer Deep sediments and these sediments from the Hugo Island Trough. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bellingshausen Sea Hugo Island Ice Shelf Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bellingshausen Sea Palmer Deep ENVELOPE(-64.400,-64.400,-64.950,-64.950) Hugo Island ENVELOPE(-65.750,-65.750,-64.950,-64.950) Radiocarbon 55 01 115 126 |
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To improve the chronology of sediments containing information about Holocene ice shelf and oceanic dynamics in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula, we compare bulk acid-insoluble radiocarbon dating to ramped pyrolysis 14 C dating in a sediment core containing ample organic material. This core spans the last 12,000 yr of open-shelf sedimentation in the Bellingshausen Sea, western Antarctic Peninsula. By estimating the spectrum of 14 C ages within a given core horizon, the ramped pyrolysis 14 C method separates organic carbon relative to thermal stability, isolating younger parts of the mixture from older ones and providing an estimate of the geological uncertainty inherent in a bulk 14 C age. Employing the ramped pyrolysis 14 C method to this core demonstrates variable bulk 14 C age bias and increasing age spectrum downcore, neither of which can be associated with major changes in lithology of the core. The chronology of the sediment core using the youngest ages from the ramped pyrolysis technique allows for correlation between nearby Palmer Deep sediments and these sediments from the Hugo Island Trough. |
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Improving Antarctic Sediment 14C Dating Using Ramped Pyrolysis: An Example from the Hugo Island Trough |
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Improving Antarctic Sediment 14C Dating Using Ramped Pyrolysis: An Example from the Hugo Island Trough |
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Improving Antarctic Sediment 14C Dating Using Ramped Pyrolysis: An Example from the Hugo Island Trough |
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Improving Antarctic Sediment 14C Dating Using Ramped Pyrolysis: An Example from the Hugo Island Trough |
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Improving Antarctic Sediment 14C Dating Using Ramped Pyrolysis: An Example from the Hugo Island Trough |
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improving antarctic sediment 14c dating using ramped pyrolysis: an example from the hugo island trough |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bellingshausen Sea Palmer Deep Hugo Island |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bellingshausen Sea Palmer Deep Hugo Island |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bellingshausen Sea Hugo Island Ice Shelf |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Bellingshausen Sea Hugo Island Ice Shelf |
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