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Radiocarbon dating of lacustrine and marine sediments from the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2004

Martin Melles ,
Sergey R. Verkulich  and
Wolf-D. Hermichen
Martin Melles
Affiliation:
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Forschungsstelle Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A 43, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
Sergey R. Verkulich
Affiliation:
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Bering Street, 199 226 St. Petersburg, Russia
Wolf-D. Hermichen
Affiliation:
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Forschungsstelle Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A 43, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Abstract

Radiocarbon dating was carried out on the total organic carbon of 19 lacustrine and marine sediment samples from the Bunger Hills. The results indicate that radiocarbon contamination is negligible throughout two sediment sequences from a fresh water lake. In contrast, two sequences from marine basins are irregularly influenced by the Antarctic Marine Reservoir Effect, which today amounts to more than 1000 years, depending on the degree of dilution with meltwater. All dated sediments were deposited during Holocene time.

Keywords

Bunger Hillslacustrine sedimentsmarine sedimentsradiocarbon dating
Type
Papers—Earth Sciences and Glaciology
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 375 - 378
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1994

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