Radiocarbon Date List XI: Radiocarbon Dates from Marine Sediment Cores of the Iceland, Greenland, and Northeast Canadian Arctic Shelves and Nares Strait

• Main Authors: Quillmann, U., Andrews, J.T., Jennings, A.E., Bendle, J., Jonsdottir, H., Kristjansdottir, G.B., Lloyd, J., Olafsdottir, S., Principato, Sarah M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College 2009
• Subjects: radiocarbon dates; marine sediment core; lake sediment core; Icelandic shelf; Environmental Sciences; Geology; Sedimentology; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Nares; Baffin; Foraminifera*; glacier; Iceland; Nares strait
• Online Access: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/esfac/5; https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=esfac

Radiocarbon Date List XI contains an annotated listing of 178 AMS radiocarbon dates on samples from marine (169 samples) and lake (9 samples) sediment cores. Marine sediment cores, from which the samples for dating were taken, were collected on the Greenland Shelf, Baffin Bay, and the Eastern Canadian Arctic shelf. About 80% of the marine samples for dating were collected on the SW to N Icelandic shelf. The lake sediment cores were collected in northwestern Iceland. For dating of the marine samples, we submitted molluscs (117 samples), benthic and planktic foraminifera (45 samples), plant macrofauna (3 samples), and one serpulid worm. For dating of the lake cores, we submitted wood (8 samples) and one peat sample. The Conventional Radiocarbon Ages range from 294±9114C yr BP to 34,600±640 14C yr BP. The dates have been used to address a variety of research questions. The dates constrain the timing of high northern latitude late Quaternary environmental fluctuations, which include glacier extent, sea level history, isostatic rebound, sediment input, and ocean circulation. The dates also allowed assessment of the accuracy of commonly used reservoir correction. The samples were submitted by INSTAAR and affiliated researchers.