Establishing chronologies from acid-insoluble organic14C dates on antarctic (Ross Sea) and arctic (North Atlantic) marine sediments

Polar Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-216

  Licht, Kathy J ^a   Cunningham, Wendy L ^a   Andrews, John T ^a   Domack, Eugene W ^b   Jennings, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLAR REGION; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROSS SEA;

EID: 0032468143     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v17i2.6619     Document Type: Article

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