Dataset description: Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off central California in 1999, 2006, and 2019

Dataset description: Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off central California in 1999, 2006, and 2019

Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic and benthic foraminifera collected from cores obtained in 1999, 2006, and 2019 offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay.

Version	1
Keywords	carbon-14 analysis, chemical analysis, geochemistry, marine chemistry, organisms, protists, protists, radiometric dating
Data types	Surveys (geochemical), Geology, Chemistry
Format	comma-separated values
Amount	0.03911 MB

Contacts

Contact	Mary L McGann PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/63bb2535d34e92aad3cd27ae https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FWTKZQ
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_P9FWTKZQ/Central_California_AgeData_metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
W406MB	vibratingcore Spider II driller
O399MB	pistoncore Shelby tubes (thin-walled metal tubes); split barrel samplers (split spoons - thick walled metal tubes); "O" samplers (split spoon with a liner)
2019-603-FA	vibracore
2019-667-FA	core corer
2019-642-FA	pistoncore Shelby tubes (thin-walled metal tubes); split barrel samplers (split spoons - thick walled metal tubes); "O" samplers (split spoon with a liner)