Chlorofluorocarbon evidence for rapid ventilation of the Ross Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Trumbore, SE, Jacobs, SS, Smethie, WM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 1991
• Subjects: Ice Shelf; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3pd07742; https://escholarship.org/content/qt3pd07742/qt3pd07742.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(91)90022-8

Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-12 and -11 (CF2Cl2 and CFCl3) measurements were made in seawater on the Ross Sea continental shelf and adjacent slope region in 1984. Concentrations of CFC-12 and CFC-11 in Ross Sea continental shelf water averaged nearly half that of saturated surface water. Circumpolar Dee...