Temperature Dependence of Carbon Isotope Composition in Marine Plankton and Sediments
- 9 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 148 (3667) , 235-237
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3667.235
Abstract
Samples of marine plankton collected in high-latitude areas of the South Atlantic where surface water temperatures are near 0°C show a carbon-12 enrichment of 6 per mill relative to samples collected where temperatures are about 25°C. The organic carbon in sediments in the Drake Passage and Argentine Basin also shows a carbon-12 enrichment relative to warmer areas.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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