A 200 Year Record of Carbon-13 and Carbon-14 Variations in a Bermuda Coral

Y. Nozaki; D. M. Rye; K. K. Turekian; Richard E. Dodge

doi:10.1029/GL005i010p00825

A 200 Year Record of Carbon-13 and Carbon-14 Variations in a Bermuda Coral

Y. Nozaki
, D. M. Rye
, K. K. Turekian
, Richard E. Dodge

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Abstract

A 200 year old brain coral, captured in Bermuda in 1976 was slabbed and x-rayed. Using the annual growth bands sequential, dated samples were taken over the entire growth period of the coral and analyzed for Δ ¹⁴ C, δ ¹³ C and δ ¹⁸ O. During the past 80 years atmospheric variations in Δ ¹⁴ C and δ ¹³ C due to human effects, such as release of bomb C-14 and dilution of both C-14 and C-13 by fossil fuel burning, are closely tracked by the coral. Prior to 1900 divergences between the coral and tree Δ ¹⁴ C and δ ¹³ C can be related to world-wide changes in plant production and possibly oceanic upwelling rates.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	825-828
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	5
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/GL005i010p00825 https://doi.org/10.1029/GL005i010p00825
State	Published - Oct 1 1978
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Nozaki, Y., D. M. Rye, K. K. Turekian, and R. E. Dodge. 1978. "A 200 year record of carbon-13 and carbon-14 variations in a Bermuda coral." Geophysical Research Letters no. 5 (10):825-828. doi: 10.1029/GL005i010p00825.

Keywords

Boundary layer
Chemical composition
Chemical interactions
Chemical pceanography
Exchange process
Meteorology

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Marine Biology
Meteorology
Oceanography
Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

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A 200 Year Record of Carbon-13 and Carbon-14 Variations in a Bermuda Coral

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