Comparison of Independent delta 14CO2 records at Point Barrow, Alaska

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Graven, Heather, Xu, Xiaomei, Guilderson, Thomas P, Keeling, Ralph F, Trumbore, Susan E, Tyler, Stanley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2013
• Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics; accelerator mass spectrometry; air sampling; atmospheric chemistry; carbon; environmental quality; isotopic analysis; stable isotope; Alaska; Point Barrow; United States; Scripps; Alaska Point; Barrow
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9qb2n4tk

Two independent programs have collected and analyzed atmospheric CO2 samples from Point Barrow, Alaska, for radiocarbon content (Δ14C) over the period 2003–2007. In one program, flask collection, stable isotope analysis, and CO2 extraction are performed by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s C...