Radiocarbon in dissolved organic and inorganic carbon in the Arctic Ocean

• Main Author: Ellen Druffel
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; North Pole; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Beaufort Sea; black carbon; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:ce5cd501-435a-4517-b18e-8cf936ee768e

Dissolved organic carbon is the largest pool of carbon in the ocean, comparable to the total carbon content in the atmosphere. Radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon, can provide information on the source and timescale of carbon cycling in the environment. Therefore, knowing the carbon isotopi...