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A Late Quaternary Stratigraphic Framework for Eastern Mediterranean Sapropel S1 Based on AMS 14C Dates and Stable Oxygen Isotopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

S R Troelstra ,
G M Ganssen ,
Klaas van der Borg  and
A F M de Jong
S R Troelstra
Affiliation:
Geomarine Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, Free University P O Box 7161, 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
G M Ganssen
Affiliation:
Geomarine Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, Free University P O Box 7161, 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Klaas van der Borg
Affiliation:
Robert J van der Graaff Laboratorium, State University Utrecht Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
A F M de Jong
Affiliation:
Robert J van der Graaff Laboratorium, State University Utrecht Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Detailed stable oxygen isotope analyses coupled with AMS 14C measurements on an eastern Mediterranean sapropel S1 sequence indicate that adverse bottom conditions persisted for ca 8000 years. AMS dates on additional sequences show that complete bottom anoxia lasted for 300-800 years. The S1 event is not synchronous throughout the eastern Mediterranean, but started earlier in the deeper parts of the basin.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , 1991 , pp. 15 - 21
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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