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Woce Radiocarbon IV: Pacific Ocean Results; P10, P13N, P14C, P18, P19 & S4P

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Robert M Key ,
Paul D Quay ,
Peter Schlosser ,
A P McNichol ,
KF von Reden ,
Robert J Schneider ,
Kathy L Elder ,
Minze Stuiver  and
H Göte Östlund
Robert M Key
Affiliation:
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA. Email: [email protected].
Paul D Quay
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 USA
Peter Schlosser
Affiliation:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964 USA
A P McNichol
Affiliation:
National Ocean Sciences AMS Facility, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA
KF von Reden
Affiliation:
National Ocean Sciences AMS Facility, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA
Robert J Schneider
Affiliation:
National Ocean Sciences AMS Facility, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA
Kathy L Elder
Affiliation:
National Ocean Sciences AMS Facility, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA
Minze Stuiver
Affiliation:
Quaternary Isotope Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 USA
H Göte Östlund
Affiliation:
Tritium Laboratory Observatory, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149 USA
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The World Ocean Circulation Experiment, carried out between 1990 and 1997, provided the most comprehensive oceanic survey of radiocarbon to date. Approximately 10,000 samples were collected in the Pacific Ocean by U.S. investigators for both conventional large volume p counting and small volume accelerator mass spectrometry analysis techniques. Results from six cruises are presented. The data quality is as good or better than previous large-scale surveys. The 14C distribution for the entire WOCE Pacific data set is graphically described using mean vertical profiles and sections, and property-property plots.

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Special Section
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Radiocarbon , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , 2002 , pp. 239 - 392
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Copyright © 2002 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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