Problems with using radiocarbon to infer ocean ventilation rates for past and present climates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-24

  Campin, Jean Michel ^a   Fichefet, Thierry ^a   Duplessy, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea interface; C 14; Last glacial maximum; Models; Ocean circulation; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON 14; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033555176     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00255-6     Document Type: Article

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