Speed Presentation 2024 Australian Marine Sciences Association Annual Meeting combined with NZMSS

Water Column and Sediment Measurements of Doubtful Sound Radiocarbon – Developing Baseline Carbon Stocks (#249)

Christian B Lewis 1 , Catherine Ginnane 1 , Jocelyn Turnbull 1 , Christopher Moy 2 , Gary Wilson 3
  1. GNS Science, Lower Hutt, WELLINGTON, New Zealand
  2. Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
  3. University of Waikato, Hamilton
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