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DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
Volume 57, Issue 11, Pages 1510-1520Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.010
Keywords
Deep sea corals; Age survey; Radiocarbon dating; Biogeography
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Funding
- USGS-WHOI
- NSF-OCE [0623107]
- NSF-ANT [0636787, 80295700]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0753487] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Polar Programs [0902957] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP) [1127582] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Ocean Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [0623107] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Polar Programs
- Directorate For Geosciences [0636787] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We have developed a rapid reconnaissance method of preparing graphite for C-14/C-12 analysis Carbonate (similar to 15 mg) is combusted using an elemental analyzer and the resulting CO2 is converted to graphite using a sealed tube zinc reduction method Over 85% (n=45 replicates on twenty-one individual corals) of reconnaissance ages measured on corals ranging in age from 500 to 33 000 radiocarbon years (Ryr) are within two standard deviations of ages generated using standard hydrolysis methods on the same corals and all reconnaissance ages are within 300 Ryr of the standard hydrolysis ages Replicate measurements on three individual aragonitic corals yielded ages of 1076 +/- 35 Ryr (standard deviation n=5) 10 739 +/- 47 Ryr (n=8) and 40 146 +/- 3500 Ryr (n=9) No systematic biases were found using different cleaning methods or variable sample sizes Analysis of C-13/C-12 was made concurrently with the C-14/C-12 measurement to correct for natural fractionation and for fractionation during sample processing and analysis This technique provides a new rapid method for making accurate percent-level C-14/C-12 analyses that may be used to establish the rates and chronology of earth system processes where survey-type modes of age estimation are desirable For example applications may include creation of sediment core-top maps preliminary age models for sediment cores and growth rate studies of marine organisms such as corals or mollusks We applied the reconnaissance method to more than 100 solitary deep-sea corals collected in the Drake Passage in the Southern Ocean to investigate their temporal and spatial distribution The corals used in this study are part of a larger sample set and the subset that was dated was chosen based on species as opposed to preservation state so as to exclude obvious temporal biases Similar to studies in other regions the distribution of deep-sea corals is not constant through time across the Drake Passage Most of the corals from the Burdwood Bank (continental shelf of Argentina) have ages ranging between 0 and 2500 calendar years whereas most of the corals from the Sars Seamount in the Drake Passage have ages between 10 000 and 12 500 calendar years Such differences may be caused in part by sampling biases but may also be caused by changes in larval transport nutrient supply or other environmental pressures (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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