RADIOCARBON DATING OF LACUSTRINE AND MARINE-SEDIMENTS FROM THE BUNGERHILLS, EAST ANTARCTICA

Authors
MELLES M VERKULICH SR HERMICHEN WD
Citation
M. Melles et al., RADIOCARBON DATING OF LACUSTRINE AND MARINE-SEDIMENTS FROM THE BUNGERHILLS, EAST ANTARCTICA, Antarctic science, 6(3), 1994, pp. 375-378
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Antarctic science → ACNP
ISSN journal
09541020
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
375 - 378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-1020(1994)6:3<375:RDOLAM>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Radiocarbon dating was carried out on the total organic carbon of 19 l acustrine and marine sediment samples from the Bunger Hills. The resul ts indicate that radiocarbon contamination is negligible throughout tw o sediment sequences from a fresh water lake. In contrast, two sequenc es from marine basins are irregularly influenced by the Antarctic Mari ne Reservoir Effect, which today amounts to more than 1000 years, depe nding on the degree of dilution with meltwater. All dated sediments we re deposited during Holocene time.