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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2547-2020
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Plateaus and jumps in the atmospheric radiocarbon record – potential origin and value as global age markers for glacial-to-deglacial paleoceanography, a synthesis
Michael Sarnthein
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
Kevin Küssner
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Department for Marine Geology, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Pieter M. Grootes
Institute of Ecosystem Research, University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
Blanca Ausin
Geology Department, University of Salamanca, Plaza de los Caldos, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Geological Institute, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Timothy Eglinton
Geological Institute, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Juan Muglia
Centro para el Estudio de los Sistemas Marinos, CONICET, 2915 Boulevard Brown, U9120ACD, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Raimund Muscheler
Quaternary Sciences, Department of Geology Lund University,
Sölvegatan 12, 22362 Lund, Sweden
Gordon Schlolaut
Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution, GFZ German Centre for
Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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Short summary
The dating technique of 14C plateau tuning uses U/Th-based model ages, refinements of the Lake Suigetsu age scale, and the link of surface ocean carbon to the globally mixed atmosphere as basis of age correlation. Our synthesis employs data of 20 sediment cores from the global ocean and offers a coherent picture of global ocean circulation evolving over glacial-to-deglacial times on semi-millennial scales to be compared with climate records stored in marine sediments, ice cores, and speleothems.
The dating technique of 14C plateau tuning uses U/Th-based model ages, refinements of the Lake...
