Table. 1  14C results

Core	Water depth(m)	depth (cm)	method	14C age *	calendar age †	sample ID ‡	dated material §

GC 2	128	23	AMS	"9,770±100"	"10,980±40"	ANUA-7518	"B, F"
		434	AMS	"39,240±600"	"44,960±630"	ANUA-7514	F
GC 3	127	87	AMS	"11,810±130"	"13,770±180"	ANUA-7516	B
		130	AMS	"24,100±230"	"28,330±260"	ANUA-9304	B
		140	AMS	"25,200±250"	"29,580±290"	ANUA-9305	B
		160	AMS	"24,750±440"	"29,070±500"	ANUA-9506	B
		186	AMS	"25,550±300"	"29,980±340"	ANUA-6806	B
		455	AMS	"30,430±380"	"35,450±420"	ANUA-6929	F
GC 4	121	60	AMS	"8,040±110"	"8,960±180"	ANUA-8815	B
		180	AMS	"16,730±250"	"19,720±370"	ANUA-8816	B
		210	AMS	"18,390±200"	"21,690±240"	ANUA-9318	B
		240	AMS	"24,060±240"	"28,280±280"	ANUA-9303	B
		350	AMS	"30,730±310"	"35,780±340"	ANUA-9302	B
GC 5	118	42	AMS	"11,410±180"	"13,320±200"	ANUA-6900	F
		113	AMS	"14,160±200"	"16,980±250"	ANUA-8813	B
		227	AMS	"16,240±240"	"19,120±280"	ANUA-6928	F
		227	AMS	"16,540±170"	"19,470±260"	ANUA-6807	B
		229	AMS	"16,690±190"	"19,670±300"	ANUA-7531	"F, B"
		320	AMS	"17,360±230"	"20,480±270"	ANUA-6930	"F, B"
		340	AMS	"18,040±150"	"21,280±180"	ANUA-9317	B
		353	AMS	"25,750±300"	"30,210±340"	ANUA-8812	B
		453	AMS	"32,630±480"	"37,870±520"	ANUA-8820	B
GC6	110	35	AMS	"15,070±160"	"17,990±190"	ANUA-9404	B
		40	AMS	"15,980±170"	"18,860±200"	ANUA-9324	B
GC 7	107	26	LSC	"14,720±160"	"17,610±200"	ANU-10750	Cf
		35	LSC	"14,910±210"	"17,820±240"	ANU-10747	"Cf, Pu"
		44	LSC	"15,880±160"	"18,760±180"	ANU-10746	"Cf, Pu,Mj"
GC 8	95	40	AMS	"4,180±70"	"4,690±80"	ANUA-9404	B
		110	AMS	"11,590±180"	"13,520±210"	ANUA-9319	B
		220	AMS	"28,780±370"	"33,610±410"	ANUA-9403	B
		300	AMS	"28,560±390"	"33,370±440"	ANUA-9320	B
		327	AMS	"35,600±800"	"41,090±860"	ANUA-9402	B
		358	AMS	"32,710±620"	"37,960±680"	ANUA-9405	B
GC 10	103	287	AMS	"14,750±150"	"17,650±180"	ANUA-7520	F
GC 11	101	185	AMS	"14,570±180"	"17,450±220"	ANUA-7519	F
GB  1	129	Surface	LSC	"14,900±150"	"17,810±180"	ANU-10429	MIX
		Surface	LSC	"18,630±150"	"21,980±180"	ANU-10430	Ap
V-229	132	Surface	LSC	"16,910±500"	"19,980±710"	LJ-516	Cs
LSDH57	132	97-104	LSC	"17,400±1,000"	"20,520 ±1,190"	LJ-998	s.c.
		201-208	LSC	"18,900±1,500"	"22,290±1,760"	LJ-999	s.c.

"* All dates are calculated using the half-life of 5,568 years expressed 
in yr before 1,950 (BP). The errors are one standard deviation of counting.

† Ages  obtained using  calib 3.0.3 2 and a second order polynomial approximation3, 
for the 14C ages younger and older than 17,000 14C yr BP, respectively. 
Reservior correction being based on globally average value5 and equatorial 
Western Pacific value from Huon Peninsyla, Papua New Guinea6.  
Statistical errors are given at the one sigma level. 

‡Numbers with prefixes "ANU" and "ANUA" were dated at Quaternary Dating Laboratory 
and Nuclear Physics Department in ANU, respectively. "LJ" were dated at 
La Jolla radiocarbon laboratory4  

§ B: bivalves, F: benthic foraminifera, Cf: Ctenocardia fornicarta, 
Pu: Paphia undulata, Mj: Marca japonica, MIX: mixtures of shells, forams, 
calcareous algae, Ap: Antigona puerpera, Cs Chlamys senatorius s.c.: silty clay"