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tracer age: a standalone construct

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Chemical oceanography

the time since a water parcel last contacted the surface, inferred from transient tracers such as tritium-helium or CFCs.

In chemical oceanography, tracer age refers to the time since a water parcel last contacted the surface, inferred from transient tracers such as tritium-helium or CFCs. This meaning comes from Thiele (1990) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.[1]

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parcel2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs surface3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs transient3 fields · 3 citationsinvariant · one construct, three systems

References

Thiele, G., & Sarmiento, J. L. (1990). Tracer dating and ocean ventilation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 95(C6), 9377-9391. https://doi.org/10.1029/jc095ic06p09377

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