Table 2.
Description of samples dated, 14C ages and modelled ages in cal. years bp from lakes and peat cores in the NOW, N.W. Greenland
Core code | Type | Depth | Material | Lab No | Age | Modelled dates | |
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Modelled median age | 95% probability intervals | ||||||
(14C bp) | (cal. yr bp) | (cal. yr bp) | |||||
Little Auk | |||||||
Qeqertaq (Salva Ø) | |||||||
NOW5a | Lake | 14.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR24215 | 943 ± 29 | 840 | 744 to 934 |
NOW 5 | Lake | 28.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR24216 | 1337 ± 31 | 1281 | 1178 to 1352 |
NOW5a | Lake | 42.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR24217 | 1942 ± 54 | 1782 | 1599 to 1946 |
NOW5a | Lake | 56.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR24218 | 2029 ± 28 | 2025 | 1929 to 2152 |
NOW5a | Lake | 70.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR24219 | 2261 ± 31 | 2282 | 2159 to 2393 |
NOW5a | Lake | 84.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR24220 | 2519 ± 31 | 2635 | 2455 to 2769 |
NOW5a | Lake | 98.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR24221 | 3105 ± 31 | 3256 | 3050 to 3391 |
NOW5a | Lake | 114.5 | Terrestrial macrofossil | AAR29954 | 3265 ± 41 | 3575 | 3425 to 3771 |
NOW5a | Lake | 122.5 | Bulk | AAR24730 | 3695 ± 28 | 3846 | 3753 to 4037 |
NOW5a | Lake | 133.5 | Bulk | AAR24731 | 5184 ± 31 | 5308 | 4883 to 5799 |
NOW5a | Lake | 144.5 | Bulk | AAR24732 | 7283 ± 30 | 7819 | 7054 to 8184 |
Transition point | 3645 | 3510 to 3812 | |||||
Annikitsoq | |||||||
GL3 | Permafrost | 5–10 | Peat | AAR24684 | 652 ± 32 | 703.3 | 643.5 to 788 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 48–52 | Peat | AAR24685 | 2474 ± 26 | 2524.2 | 2439.7 to 2608.3 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 87–91 | Peat | AAR24686 | 2993 ± 33 | 3145.4 | 3076.4 to 3213.7 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 127–131 | Peat | AAR24687 | 3365 ± 28 | 3536.1 | 3503 to 3587.5 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 149–153 | Peat | AAR24688 | 3417 ± 27 | 3658 | 3622.5 to 3695.1 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 191–195 | Peat | AAR24689 | 3553 ± 41 | 3821.9 | 3784.3 to 3872.4 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 227–231 | Peat | AAR24709 | 3605 ± 26 | 3963 | 3930 to 3994 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 248–252 | Peat | AAR24690 | 3720 ± 31 | 4046.1 | 4021.2 to 4083.6 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 267–271 | Peat | AAR24691 | 3568 ± 39 | 4112.5 | 4086.3 to 4170.2 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 300–305 | Peat | AAR24692 | 3802 ± 41 | 4305.1 | 4254.2 to 4367.7 |
GL3 | Permafrost | 316–320 | Peat | AAR24693 | 3855 ± 30 | 4409.9 | 4365.3 to 4444.2 |
Kuukkat (Robertson’s fjord) | |||||||
RF1 | Permafrost | 5–10 | Peat | AAR24694 | Pre 1960 | 9.8 | − 32.9 to 77.7 |
RF1 | Permafrost | 25–29 | Peat | AAR24695 | 250 ± 27 | 344.8 | 293 to 418.4 |
RF1 | Permafrost | 49–54 | Peat | AAR24696 | 794 ± 25 | 769.8 | 738.8 to 816.5 |
RF1 | Permafrost | 75–80 | Peat | AAR24697 | 1537 ± 34 | 1520.5 | 1448.1 to 1576.8 |
RF1 | Permafrost | 95–99 | Peat | AAR24698 | 2223 ± 34 | 2247.3 | 2176.5 to 2317.8 |
Qoororsuaq (Søkongdale) | |||||||
SD1 | Permafrost | 10–12 | Peat | AAR24705 | 225 ± 30 | 229.1 | 165.9 to 345.2 |
SD1 | Permafrost | 48–52 | Peat | AAR24706 | 2074 ± 26 | 2027.7 | 1725 to 2116 |
SD1 | Permafrost | 70–74 | Peat | AAR24707 | 2553 ± 28 | 2231.2 | 2043 to 2379.9 |
SD1 | Permafrost | 70–74 | Peat | AAR24707 | 2280 ± 27 | 2761.2 | 2706-2815 |
Thick-billed Murre | |||||||
Appat (Saunders Island) | |||||||
SI1 | Permafrost | 0–10 | Peat | AAR24699 | Pre 1960 | 51 | − 19.1 to 167.8 |
SI1 | Permafrost | 42–46 | Peat | AAR24700 | 1114 ± 27 | 1157.9 | 1084.5 to 1254.3 |
SI1 | Permafrost | 64–68 | Peat | AAR24701 | 2912 ± 27 | 3133.6 | 3061.8 to 3221.2 |
SI1 | Permafrost | 103–107 | Peat | AAR24702 | 4182 ± 26 | 4702.3 | 4624.5 to 4767.9 |
SI1 | Permafrost | 144–148 | Peat | AAR24703 | 4530 ± 27 | 5185.1 | 5132.8 to 5246.8 |
SI1 | Permafrost | 191–195 | Peat | AAR24704 | 4851 ± 27 | 5648.1 | 5613.1 to 5705 |
Common Eider | |||||||
Iterlassuup Qeqertaarsui (Three Sister Bess) | |||||||
TSB2 | Permafrost | 80–84 | Peat | ARR25292 | 2891 ± 45 | 2954.3 | 2833.5 to 3079.8 |
TSB2 | Permafrost | 110–112 | Peat | ARR24682 | 4804 ± 29 | 5486.6 | 5391.6 to 5558.7 |
Booth Sund | |||||||
BS1 | Exposure | 45–49 | Peat | ARR25294 | 989 ± 34 | 970.4 | 897.6 to 1035.1 |
BS1 | Exposure | 74–75 | Peat | ARR25293 | 2337 ± 35 | 2235.3 | 2115.5 to 2359.7 |