Table 1 AMS-14C dates and calibrated ages for core HH12-940PC from Vestnesa Ridge, northwest Svalbard.

From: Variations in deep-sea methane seepage linked to millennial-scale changes in bottom water temperatures ~ 50–6 ka, NW Svalbard margin

Depth cm

14C -age

Lab. code

Species

ΔR (σ1 years)

Calibrated age ranges (1σ error)

Average calibrated age (1σ error)

45.5

6833 ± 30

UB31813

N. pachyderma

– 65 ± 33

[7380, 7050]

7215 ± 165

100.5

8012 ± 30

UB31814

N. pachyderma

– 65 ± 33

[8520, 8220]

8370 ± 150

160.5

8754 ± 32

UB31815

Mixed PF.

– 65 ± 33

[9460, 9140]

9300 ± 160

185.5

9710 ± 43

UB31852

Thyasira, Mixed PF.

– 65 ± 33

[10740, 10310]

10525 ± 215

550.5

20184 ± 99

UB31816

N. pachyderma

– 65 ± 33

[23720, 23100]

23410 ± 310

550.5

13688 ± 50

UB31853

Thyasira sp.

– 65 ± 33

[16020, 15520]

15770±250

565.5

14577 ± 52

UB31817

N. pachyderma

– 65 ± 33

[17140, 16630]

16885 ± 255

590.5

21899 ± 93

UB31818

N. pachyderma

– 65 ± 33

[25650, 25080]

25365±285

590.5

21371 ± 124

UB31854

Fr. A. arctica

– 65 ± 33

[25130, 24370]

24750 ± 380

620.5

26207 ± 164

UB42878

Fr. A. arctica

– 65 ± 33

[29980, 29230]

29605 ± 375

657.5

30085 ± 267

UB42880

Thyasira+Frigido.

– 65 ± 33

[35330, 33230]

34280 ± 1050

672.5

29212 ± 347

UB31855

Nucula, Nodos., N. pach.

– 65 ± 33

[33660, 31810]

32735 ± 925

727.5

33228 ± 366

UB42881

Nucula solidula

– 65 ± 33

[38110, 36170]

37140 ± 970

785.5

41568 ± 709

UB31856

Thyasira, PF, BF

– 65 ± 33

[44710, 42700]

43705 ± 1005

  1. PF, planktic foraminifera; BF, benthic foraminifera; Fr., fragments; Nodos., Nodosariidae; Frigido., Frigidoalvania sp.; N. pach., N. pachyderma.