Dating Quaternary lacustrine sediments in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Doran, Peter T., Berger, G. W., Lyons, W. B., Wharton, R. A., Davisson, M. L., Southon, J., Dibb, J. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 1999
• Subjects: Antarctica; Dating; Geochronology; Lacustrine; Lakes; Sediments; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Lake Hoare; Hand Lake; Hand, Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/684; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00159-X

Reports of erroneously old 14C dates for modem Antarctic materials have thrown doubt into 14C chronologies. The carbon reservoir effect purported to exist in Quaternary lacustrine sediments of the McMurdo Dry Valleys was investigated by studying 14C distribution, and testing alternate dating techniq...