Compound-specific radiocarbon dating of the varved Holocene sedimentary record of Saanich Inlet, Canada

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Smittenberg, R H ^a   Hopmans, E C ^a   Schouten, S ^a   Hayes, J M ^b   Eglinton, T I ^b   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound specific radiocarbon dating; Crenarchaeol; NE Pacific; Reservoir age; Saanich Inlet

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CALIBRATION; HOLOCENE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOCARBON DATING; VARVE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SAANICH INLET;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 4544273241     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000927     Document Type: Article

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