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Review of Tropospheric Bomb 14C Data for Carbon Cycle Modeling and Age Calibration Purposes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Quan Hua  and
Mike Barbetti
Quan Hua*
Affiliation:
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), PMB 1, Menai, New South Wales 2234, Australia
Mike Barbetti
Affiliation:
NWG Macintosh Centre for Quaternary Dating, Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. Also: Advanced Centre for Queensland University Isotope Research Excellence (ACQUIRE), Richards Building, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
*
Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].
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Comprehensive published radiocarbon data from selected atmospheric records, tree rings, and recent organic matter were analyzed and grouped into 4 different zones (three for the Northern Hemisphere and one for the whole Southern Hemisphere). These 14C data for the summer season of each hemisphere were employed to construct zonal, hemispheric, and global data sets for use in regional and global carbon model calculations including calibrating and comparing carbon cycle models. In addition, extended monthly atmospheric 14C data sets for 4 different zones were compiled for age calibration purposes. This is the first time these data sets were constructed to facilitate the dating of recent organic material using the bomb 14C curves. The distribution of bomb 14C reflects the major zones of atmospheric circulation.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 46 , Issue 3: IntCal04: Calibration Issue, Guest Editor: PAULA J REIMER , 2004 , pp. 1273 - 1298
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Copyright © The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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