Radiocarbon dating of mumiyo from the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
• Main Authors: Kiernan, K, McConnell, A, Lawson, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; RST; Van Diemens Land; natural history; science; ecology; taxonomy; botany; zoology; geology; geography; papers & proceedings; Australia; UTAS Library; East Antarctica; Sorsdal Glacier; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10102/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10102/5/2002_Kiernan_McConnell_Lawson.pdf

Accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) radiocarbon dating of mumiyo deposited by snow petrels at nesting sites in the Vestfold Hills indicates the colonies were established after 4800 yr BP (uncorrected for marine reservoir effect). Sites on the highest hills were probably established first, but coloni...