Abstract
The carbon-14 activity of oceanic materials indicates that the mixing half-time for carbon between the atmosphere and ocean surface waters is one or two decades, while the turnover time for the ocean as a whole is several hundred years. This conclusion is consistent with estimates based on the measured decrease in carbon-14 specific activity of wood grown in recent years compared with 19th century wood.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v9i1.9073 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 28 - 32
Published on: Jan 1, 1957
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1957 James R. Arnold, Ernest C. Anderson, published by Stockholm University Press
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