Constraining circulation changes through the last deglaciation with deep-sea coral radiocarbon and sedimentary ²³¹Pa/²³⁰Th

• Main Author: Burke, Andrea
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drake Passage; Reykjanes; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00493/60455/63900.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00493/60455/

Radioactive isotopes can be used in paleoceanography both for dating samples and as tracers of ocean processes. Here I use radiocarbon and uranium series isotopes to investigate the ocean's role in climate change over the last deglaciation. I present a new method for rapid radiocarbon analyses...