Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-441-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-441-2019
Brief communication
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05 Apr 2019
Brief communication |  | 05 Apr 2019

A comprehensive global oceanic dataset of helium isotope and tritium measurements

William J. Jenkins, Scott C. Doney, Michaela Fendrock, Rana Fine, Toshitaka Gamo, Philippe Jean-Baptiste, Robert Key, Birgit Klein, John E. Lupton, Robert Newton, Monika Rhein, Wolfgang Roether, Yuji Sano, Reiner Schlitzer, Peter Schlosser, and Jim Swift

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This paper describes an assembled dataset containing measurements of certain trace substances in the ocean, their distributions, and evolution with time. These substances, called tracers, result from a combination of natural and artificial processes, and their distribution and evolution provide important clues about ocean circulation, mixing, and ventilation. In addition, they give information about the global hydrologic cycle and volcanic and hydrothermal processes.
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