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Extreme lowering of deglacial seawater radiocarbon recorded by both epifaunal and infaunal benthic foraminifera in a wood-dated sediment core
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine,
CA, USA
Juan-Carlos Herguera
Centro de Investigación Cientifica y Educación Superior de
Ensenada, Zona Playitas, CP 22860, Ensenada, Mexico
John R. Southon
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine,
CA, USA
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Short summary
Carbon’s radioactive isotope (radiocarbon) is a useful tool for oceanographers investigating carbon cycling in the modern ocean and ice age oceans (using foraminifera microfossils). Here we used sediment cores with excellent age constraints and abundant foraminifera microfossils to examine interspecies radiocarbon differences. All species demonstrate the same extreme radiocarbon depletion, and we argue that these observations represent important changes in seawater carbon chemistry.
Carbon’s radioactive isotope (radiocarbon) is a useful tool for oceanographers investigating...
