The Effect of Fossil Fuel and Biogenic CO2 on the 13C and 14C Content of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

1 January 1980

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Radiocarbon

Vol. 22 (2) , 392-397
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200009681

Abstract

The normalization of a measured δ¹⁴C value of atmospheric CO₂ to a δ¹³C value of − 25‰ does not take into account the presence of fossil fuel and biogenic CO₂. In this paper, we try to assess these contaminations as well as the proper ¹⁴C content of “clean air”.

Keywords

CONTAMINATIONS
FOSSIL FUEL
BIOGENIC
14C CONTENT
13C
TAKE
TRY

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