Comparison of Ar-39 and C-14 ages for waters in the deep ocean

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2000
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Broecker, W. S.; Peng, T. H.
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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Oct
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172
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473-478
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0168-583X
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ISI:000165231000082
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oceans; thermohaline structure and circulation; southern-ocean;
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Ar-39 ages on ocean water samples are consistently younger than C-14 ages. The difference is the result of diffusive mixing in the sea which has a greater impact on ages based on short-lived than those based on long-lived radiotracers. It is clear that a more dense survey of Ar-39 with higher accuracy measurements would prove of great value in constraining ocean general circulation models. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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