On the 14 C and 39 Ar Distribution in the Central Arctic Ocean: Implications for Deep Water Formation

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Schlosser, Peter, Kromer, Bernd, Östlund, Gote, Ekwurzel, Brenda, Bönisch, Gerhard, Loosli, H. H., Purtschert, Roland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: Amundsen Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; amundsen basin; Central Arctic; Nansen Basin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s003382220001451x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003382220001451X

We present ΔA 14 C and 39 Ar data collected in the Nansen, Amundsen and Makarov basins during two expeditions to the central Arctic Ocean (RV Polarstern cruises ARK IV/3, 1987 and ARK VIII/3, 1991). The data are used, together with published Δ 14 C values, to describe the distribution of Δ 14 C in a...