Measurement of Small Volume Oceanic 14C Samples by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Author
Schlosser, P.Pfleiderer, C.
Kromer, Bernd
Levin, Ingeborg
Münnich, K. O.
Bonani, Georges
Suter, Martin
Wölfli, Willy
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1987-01-01Keywords
oceanographyWeddell Sea
salinity
Antarctic Ocean
sea water
marine environment
mass spectroscopy
spectroscopy
C 14
carbon
dates
isotopes
radioactive isotopes
geochemistry
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Schlosser, P., Pfleiderer, C., Kromer, B., Levin, I., Münnich, K. O., Bonani, G., ... & Wölfli, W. (1987). Measurement of small volume oceanic 14C samples by accelerator mass spectrometry. Radiocarbon, 29(3), 347-352.Publisher
American Journal of ScienceJournal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
A technique for 14C measurement of small volume (0.5L) oceanic water samples by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) is described. Samples were taken from a CTD/rosette system used for standard hydrographic work. After CO2 extraction and target preparation, the samples were measured at the Zürich tandem accelerator facility. On the basis of 14C data from samples collected on a station in the northern Weddell Sea, the precision of the measurements is estimated to ca +/- 8 per mil. The error in the present AMS results is dominated by the statistical error in 14C detection. From results of duplicate targets, it is concluded that a precision of +/- 5 per mil can be reached. The 14C data are discussed in relation to the Weddell Sea hydrography.Type
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0033-8222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0033822200043757