This core was originally described in the following publication:

• Kerhin, R.T., Williams, C., Cronin, T.M. 1998. Lithologic descriptions of piston cores from Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-787.

Data obtained from this core were used in the following publications:

• Cronin, T., Willard, D., Karlsen, A., Ishman, S., Verardo, S., McGeehin, J., Kerhin, R., Holmes, C., Colman, S. and Zimmerman, A. 2000. Climatic variability in the eastern United States over the past millennium from Chesapeake Bay sediments. Geology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 3-6.

• Cronin, T.M. and Vann, C.D. 2003. The sedimentary record of climatic and anthropogenic influence on the Patuxent Estuary and Chesapeake Bay ecosystems. Estuaries, v. 26, n. 2A, p. 196-209.

• Karlsen, A.W., Cronin, T.M., Ishman, S.E., Willard, D.A., Holmes, C.W., Marot, M., Kerhin, R. 2000. Historical trends in Chesapeake Bay dissolved oxygen based on benthic foraminifera from sediment cores, Estuaries, v. 23 n. 4, p. 488-508.

• Willard, D.A., Cronin, T.M., and Verardo, S. 2003. Late Holocene climate and ecosystem history from Chesapeake Bay sediment cores, USA. The Holocene, v. 13, p. 201-214.

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