Sediment chronology in Antarctic deglacial sediments: Reconciling organic carbon 14C ages to carbonate 14C ages using Ramped PyrOx

Holocene

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 265-273

  Subt, Cristina ^a   Fangman, Kimberly A ^b   Wellner, Julia S ^b   Rosenheim, Brad E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; bulk acid insoluble organic fraction; deglacial sediment; radiocarbon dating; Ramped PyrOx

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHRONOLOGY; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84953865975     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683615608688     Document Type: Article

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