Associated terrestrial and marine fossils in the late-glacial Presumpscot Formation, southern Maine, USA, and the marine reservoir effect on radiocarbon ages

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 552-565

  Thompson, Woodrow B ^a   Griggs, Carol B ^b   Miller, Norton G ^c   Nelson, Robert E ^d   Weddle, Thomas K ^a   Kilian, Taylor M ^d,e  

^a Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^d Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS and decay radiocarbon ages; Dendrochronology; Fossil mosses and insects; Landslides; Late Pleistocene; Maine; Marine bivalves and barnacles; Marine reservoir effect; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Presumpscot Formation; Radiocarbon age calibrations

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL MOSSES AND INSECTS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MAINE; MARINE BIVALVES AND BARNACLES; MARINE RESERVOIR EFFECT; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; POLLEN; PRESUMPSCOT FORMATION; RADIOCARBON AGE; RADIOCARBON AGE CALIBRATIONS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTROMIGRATION; FORESTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BIVALVE; DEGLACIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; TREE RING;

BIODIVERSITY; EARTH MOVEMENT; FOSSILS; GROWTH RINGS; INSECTS; MAINE; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS; WATER ANIMALS;

MAINE; PORTLAND [MAINE]; UNITED STATES;

BALANUS SP.; BIVALVIA; BRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; THORACICA;

EID: 79955483266     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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