A model-based interpretation of low-frequency changes in the carbon cycle during the last 120,000 years and its implications for the reconstruction of atmospheric Δ14C

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Köhler, Peter ^a   Muscheler, Raimund ^b,c   Fischer, Hubertus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

14C cycle; 14C production rates; Box model; Carbon cycle; Glacial interglacial; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751180566     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001228     Document Type: Article

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