Compound-specific radiocarbon dating of Ross Sea sediments: A prospect for constructing chronologies in high-latitude oceanic sediments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-243

  Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound specific radiocarbon dating; Fatty acids; Ross Sea; Sediments

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FATTY ACID; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 41049108277     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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