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: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 1991
• Subjects: Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Western Shelf; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3pd07742

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...