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Table 2 Radiocarbon ages from core PC04 compared to previous age results from the Ryukyu Arc

From: X-ray fluorescence core scanning, magnetic signatures, and organic geochemistry analyses of Ryukyu Trench sediments: turbidites and hemipelagites

Core

Depth (cm)

Conventional radiocarbon age

Water depth (m)

Material/sediment type

Reference

KR1518-PC04

7.0–11.5

25980 ± 100

6147

Bulk/turbidite

This study

29.0–31.0

26710 ± 110

Bulk/hemipelagite

72.0–74.0

20500 ± 70

Bulk/hemipelagite

106.0–108.0

18600 ± 60

Bulk/hemipelagite

145.0–147.0

21990 ± 80

Bulk/hemipelagite

194.0–196.0

17680 ± 60

Bulk/hemipelagite

242.0–244.0

21940 ± 80

Bulk/hemipelagite

292.0–294.0

24860 ± 100

Bulk/hemipelagite

RN93-PC11a

16.0–18.0

1410 ± 70

2540

Foraminifera

Ujiié and Ujiié (1999)

156.0–158.0

13280 ± 110

Foraminifera

RN93-PC12a

28.0–30.0

3360 ± 80

2160

Foraminifera

Ujiié and Ujiié (1999)

136.0–138.0

13420 ± 110

Foraminifera

GH08-2004a

19.3–21.4

3530 ± 40

1166

Foraminifera

Kubota et al. (2015)

23.6–25.7

4540 ± 170

Foraminifera

40.5–42.7

6450 ± 40

Foraminifera

43.0

7300

Ash

67.3–69.5

8265 ± 100

Foraminifera

80.7–82.9

9320 ± 40

Foraminifera

127.6–129.8

11660 ± 50

Foraminifera

134.3–136.0

12265 ± 110

Foraminifera

142.9–145.2

12940 ± 70

Foraminifera

172.8–175.1

14955 ± 115

Foraminifera

225.6–227.9

18780 ± 100

Foraminifera

  1. aRyukyu Arc core