Radiocarbon constraints on the glacial ocean circulation and its impact on atmospheric CO2

Luke C Skinner; François Primeau; Erika C. Freeman; Maria de la Fuente; Philip Goodwin; Julia Gottschalk; Enqing Huang; I Nick McCave; Taryn L. Noble; A. E. Scrivner

doi:10.1038/ncomms16010

Keywords

Radiocarbon datingLast Glacial MaximumGlacial periodCarbon cycleOceanographyAbyssal zoneOcean currentGeologyInterglacialDeep seaBiological pumpClimatologyOcean general circulation modelEnvironmental scienceAtmospheric sciencesClimate changePaleontologyGeneral Circulation ModelEcology

Affiliated Institutions

Related Publications

Glacial ventilation rates for the deep Pacific Ocean

Wallace S. Broecker , Elizabeth Clark , Irka Hajdas +1 more

A key constraint in attempts to reconstruct the patterns and rates of the ocean's thermohaline circulation during the last glacial period is the difference between the 14 C to C...

2004 Paleoceanography 51 citations

Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

Timothy Heaton , Peter Köhler , Martin Butzin +13 more

ABSTRACT The concentration of radiocarbon ( 14 C) differs between ocean and atmosphere. Radiocarbon determinations from samples which obtained their 14 C in the marine environme...

2020 Radiocarbon 1692 citations

North Atlantic Intermediate to Deep Water circulation and chemical stratification during the past 1 Myr

B. P. Flower , D. Oppo , Jerry F McManus +3 more

Benthic foraminiferal carbon isotope records from a suite of drill sites in the North Atlantic are used to trace variations in the relative strengths of Lower North Atlantic Dee...

2000 Paleoceanography 102 citations

Peak glacial <sup>14</sup> C ventilation ages suggest major draw-down of carbon into the abyssal ocean

Michael Sarnthein , Birgit Schneider , Pieter Meiert Grootes

Abstract. Ice core records demonstrate a glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO2 increase of ~ 100 ppm. A transfer of ~ 530 Gt C is required to produce the deglacial rise of carbon...

2013 6 citations

On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing

John Imbrie , E. A. Boyle , Steven C. Clemens +15 more

Time series of ocean properties provide a measure of global ice volume and monitor key features of the wind‐driven and density‐driven circulations over the past 400,000 years. C...

1992 Paleoceanography 1036 citations

Publication Info

Year: 2017
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 16010-16010
Citations: 175
Access: Closed

External Links

View on DOI.org

Social Impact

Altmetric

Radiocarbon constraints on the glacial ocean circulation and its impact on atmospheric CO2

PlumX Metrics

Social media, news, blog, policy document mentions

Citation Metrics

175

OpenAlex

Cite This

APA Style

                            
                                
                                    Luke C Skinner, 
                                
                                    François Primeau, 
                                
                                    Erika C. Freeman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Radiocarbon constraints on the glacial ocean circulation and its impact on atmospheric CO2. 
                            Nature Communications
                            , 8
                            (1)
                            , 16010-16010.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16010
                        

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16010