Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation
ABSTRACT The South Pacific Ocean contributes to the global carbon cycle by exchanging CO 2 between the atmosphere and intermediate to deep water masses. The path of the Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) in the South Pacific gyre has been inferred from salinity, oxygen, and nutrient measurements, b...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/rdc.2019.122 2024-09-15T17:48:43+00:00 Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation Servettaz, Aymeric PM Yokoyama, Yusuke Hirabayashi, Shoko Kienast, Markus Miyairi, Yosuke Mohtadi, Mahyar 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2019.122 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003382221900122X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Radiocarbon volume 61, issue 6, page 1685-1696 ISSN 0033-8222 1945-5755 journal-article 2019 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2019.122 2024-08-21T04:04:36Z ABSTRACT The South Pacific Ocean contributes to the global carbon cycle by exchanging CO 2 between the atmosphere and intermediate to deep water masses. The path of the Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) in the South Pacific gyre has been inferred from salinity, oxygen, and nutrient measurements, but radiocarbon ( 14 C) measurements—a direct tracer of the carbon cycle—remain sparse. Here, we present the first radiocarbon profiles in the western Coral Sea and compare our measurements with South Pacific stations from GLODAPv2, a database of ocean hydrochemistry. Surface and subsurface waters in the Coral Sea cannot be attributed to a single source based on their Δ 14 C signatures, and we observe a penetration of bomb-produced 14 C. AAIW in the western Coral Sea shows Δ 14 C values comparable to those in the South Pacific gyre, consistent with circulation of AAIW in the lower part of the southern equatorial current. The deep waters of the western Coral Sea have significantly higher 14 C than the South Pacific at the same isopycnal, consistent with a northward intrusion of Circumpolar Deep Water from the Tasman Sea, along with a westward influx of deep waters from the Central Pacific. In accordance with silicate concentrations published previously, this shows the dual origin of deep waters in the Coral Sea. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Cambridge University Press Radiocarbon 61 6 1685 1696 |
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ABSTRACT The South Pacific Ocean contributes to the global carbon cycle by exchanging CO 2 between the atmosphere and intermediate to deep water masses. The path of the Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) in the South Pacific gyre has been inferred from salinity, oxygen, and nutrient measurements, but radiocarbon ( 14 C) measurements—a direct tracer of the carbon cycle—remain sparse. Here, we present the first radiocarbon profiles in the western Coral Sea and compare our measurements with South Pacific stations from GLODAPv2, a database of ocean hydrochemistry. Surface and subsurface waters in the Coral Sea cannot be attributed to a single source based on their Δ 14 C signatures, and we observe a penetration of bomb-produced 14 C. AAIW in the western Coral Sea shows Δ 14 C values comparable to those in the South Pacific gyre, consistent with circulation of AAIW in the lower part of the southern equatorial current. The deep waters of the western Coral Sea have significantly higher 14 C than the South Pacific at the same isopycnal, consistent with a northward intrusion of Circumpolar Deep Water from the Tasman Sea, along with a westward influx of deep waters from the Central Pacific. In accordance with silicate concentrations published previously, this shows the dual origin of deep waters in the Coral Sea. |
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Servettaz, Aymeric PM Yokoyama, Yusuke Hirabayashi, Shoko Kienast, Markus Miyairi, Yosuke Mohtadi, Mahyar Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation |
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Servettaz, Aymeric PM Yokoyama, Yusuke Hirabayashi, Shoko Kienast, Markus Miyairi, Yosuke Mohtadi, Mahyar |
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Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation |
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Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation |
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Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation |
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Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation |
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Dissolved inorganic Radiocarbon content of the Western Coral sea: Implications for Intermediate and Deep Water Circulation |
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dissolved inorganic radiocarbon content of the western coral sea: implications for intermediate and deep water circulation |
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