Age determinations of sediment cores from the Baffin Shelf ...

• Main Authors: Andrews, John T, Evans, L W, Williams, Kerstin M, Briggs, W M, Jull, A J Timothy, Erlenkeuser, Helmut, Hardy, Iris A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1990
• Subjects: Piston corer; Briggs; Northwest Territories; Baffin; Ice Sheet; Labrador Sea; Planktonic foraminifera; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.727068; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.727068

Cores HU82-034-057 and HU84-035-008, Resolution Basin, SE Baffin Shelf, contain 200 and 450 cm, respectively, of sediment that spans the Younger Dryas chron. In both cores the interval is bracketed by 14C dates on foraminifera or molluscs. These sites were close to the margin of the late Wisconsin (...