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Table 1 Summary of age-depth relationships for Emerald Lake, Utah

From: Long-term landscape changes in a subalpine spruce-fir forest in central Utah, USA

Depth (m)a

Core ID

14C Age ± 1σb

2σ age range (cal yr BP)c

Relative area under distribution

Assigned 210Pb age (Year AD)d

Assigned age (cal yr BP)

Material dated

Lab ID Number

0.00

EL07A

   

2007 ± 0e

−57

core top

n/a

0.02

EL07A

   

2004 ± 2

−54

gyttja

EL07A0102

0.04

EL07A

   

1997 ± 2

−47

gyttja

EL07A0304

0.06

EL07A

   

1987 ± 2

−37

gyttja

EL07A0506

0.08

EL07A

   

1977 ± 3

−27

gyttja

EL07A0708

0.10

EL07A

   

1965 ± 4

−15

gyttja

EL07A0910

0.12

EL07A

   

1950 ± 5

0

gyttja

EL07A1112

0.14

EL07A

   

1933 ± 5

17

gyttja

EL07A1314

0.16

EL07A

   

1919 ± 9

31

gyttja

EL07A1516

0.18

EL07A

   

1908 ± 9

43

gyttja

EL07A1718

0.20

EL07A

   

1900 ± 9

50

gyttja

EL07A1920

0.22

EL07A

   

1888 ± 8

62

gyttja

EL07A2324

0.24

EL07A

   

1857 ± 7

93

gyttja

EL07A2123

0.38

EL07A

735 ± 15

666-688

1.000

 

677

macro

4781

0.67

EL07A

1280 ± 15

1223-1275

0.594

 

1249

macro

4783

0.81f

EL07C

2451 ± 27

2362-2542

0.547

 

2452

macro

4785

1.20

EL07C

1617 ± 26

1474-1562

0.620

 

1518

macro

4787

1.54

EL07C

2958 ± 24

3057-3209

0.973

 

3133

macro

4789

1.99

EL07C

3843 ± 27

4153-4300

0.787

 

4227

macro

4791

2.44

EL07C

5381 ± 28

6174-6281

0.804

 

6228

macro

4793

2.84

EL07C

8483 ± 26

9471-9530

1.000

 

9501

macro

4795

  1. adepth below the sediment-water interface
  2. bAMS 14C age determinations from Center for Applied Isotope Studies (CAIS) at the University of Georgia
  3. c 14C ages calibrated to calendar years before present (Cal yr BP) with INTCAL09 in Calib 7.0 (Reimer et al. 2013)
  4. d 210Pb/137Cs ages from USGS Denver determined by Constant Rate of Supply (Appleby et al., 1979) adjusted for 1963 AD 137Cs peak
  5. eCore top sample assigned to year of core retrieval
  6. fdate rejected due to reversal