The incompatibility of ice-core CO2 data with reconstructions of biotic CO2 sources

I. G. Enting; J. V. Mansbridge

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v39i3.15350

The incompatibility of ice-core CO2 data with reconstructions of biotic CO2 sources

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 39 (1987): Issue 3

By: I. G. Enting and J. V. Mansbridge

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|Jan 1987

Abstract

Analyses of the compatibility between postulated releases of biotic carbon and changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentration must properly consider the history of changes in each quantity. A history of atmospheric CO₂ changes obtained from ice-cores is compared to a history of biotic CO₂ releases obtained from ecosystem modelling. It is shown that these two records are incompatible with any linear time-invariant model of oceanic uptake of CO₂.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v39i3.15350 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 318 - 325

Submitted on: Jun 2, 1986

Accepted on: Oct 21, 1986

Published on: Jan 1, 1987

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© 1987 I. G. Enting, J. V. Mansbridge, published by Stockholm University Press
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