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. 2006 Apr 13;103(17):6442–6447. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0510157103

Table 1.

Water temperature, values of Δ14C, sizes of samples, and AMS facility sample numbers

Depth, m; temp., °C Sample Δ14C,* Total error, ‰ Sample size, μg·C Facility sample nos.
21; 24.5–27.5 DIC 71 3 OS-46826
Eukaryotic sterols
    C27 mixed sterols 56 9 43 115347
    C29 mixed sterols 69 9 48 115348
Archaeal GDGTs
    I, III, IV, and V 77 13 26 17027
    II and VI 84 12 28 17029
670; 6 DIC −151 3 OS-46825
Archael GDGTs
    I −68 65 5.4 16873
−110 11 30 17022
    II −72 32 9.6 17023
−64 13 24 17026
    III −60 54 6.1 16878
    IV −127 41 7.6 16883
−64 32 9.8 17031
    V n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
    VI 98 257 2.8 16861

Italics symbolize samples excluded from the algebraic model. n.a., not available.

14C values after correction for combustion blanks and sample processing blanks as described in Supporting Text.

AMS facility nos. all refer to University of California, Irvine, except for those beginning with “OS,” which are for National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, and 115347–115348, which are from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.