Table 4 Radiocarbon results of microbial mats in Lake Untersee, Antarctica.

From: Sources of solutes and carbon cycling in perennially ice-covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica

Sample ID

Depth (mm)

14C year BP

 ± 2σ

F14C

 ± 2σ

Lab ID

Core 1 (18.5 m depth)

C1-1

2

10,875

37

0.2582

0.0012

UOC-11810

C1-2

4

11,232

38

0.247

0.0012

UOC-11811

C1-3

6

11,731

38

0.2322

0.0011

UOC-11812

C1-4

7

13,072

47

0.1965

0.0011

UOC-11813

C1-5

9

11,541

43

0.2377

0.0013

UOC-11814

C1-6

10

10,921

38

0.2568

0.0012

UOC-11815

C1-7

12

10,222

38

0.2801

0.0013

UOC-11816

C1-8

14

10,569

40

0.2683

0.0013

UOC-11817

C1-9

16

12,045

44

0.2233

0.0012

UOC-11818

C1-10

18

12,617

50

0.2079

0.0013

UOC-11819

C1-15

28

13,119

45

0.1953

0.0011

UOC-11820

C1-19

37

12,737

51

0.2048

0.0013

UOC-11821

C1-22

47

15,034

83

0.1539

0.0016

UOC-11822

C1-26

58

12,751

42

0.2045

0.0011

UOC-11823

C1-30

70

11,437

39

0.2408

0.0012

UOC-11824

C1-33

79

16,307

67

0.1313

0.0011

UOC-11825

C1-34

83

16,729

69

0.1246

0.0011

UOC-11826

C1-35

87

15,950

69

0.1373

0.0012

UOC-11827

C1-36

91

16,032

75

0.1359

0.0013

UOC-11828

C1-37

100

16,208

65

0.133

0.0011

UOC-11829

Core 2 (13 m depth)

C2-1

1

10,052

56

0.2861

0.0020

UOC-9985

C2-5

9

10,882

70

0.2580

0.0022

UOC-9986

C2-8

14

9,510

64

0.3061

0.0024

UOC-9378

C2-9

16

11,268

104

0.2459

0.0032

UOC-9379

C2-12

22

11,113

58

0.2507

0.0018

UOC-9987

C2-19

37

11,481

60

0.2395

0.0018

UOC-9988

C2-24

52

16,567

80

0.1271

0.0012

UOC-9989

C2-29

66

13,040

76

0.1973

0.0018

UOC-9380

C2-30

70

12,031

68

0.2237

0.0018

UOC-9381

Core 3 (17 m depth)

C3-1

1

9,524

48

0.3055

0.0018

UOC-9983

C3-2

3

10,945

82

0.2560

0.0026

UOC-8379

C3-8

11

9,791

58

0.2293

0.0016

UOC-9983

C3-10

14

9,419

76

0.3096

0.0030

UOC-8380

C3-13

17

11,832

58

0.2293

0.0016

UOC-9984

C3-20

30

11,285

80

0.2454

0.0024

UOC-8381

C3-30

42

12,917

78

0.2003

0.0020

UOC-8382

C3-40

53

13,049

90

0.1970

0.0022

UOC-8383

C3-49*

81

19,370

156

0.0009

0.0018

UOC-8384

  1. F14C, fraction modern carbon; 14C year BP, years before 1950.
  2. *Sediments underlying mats.