@article {2806,
	title = {Comprehensive radiocarbon analysis of benzene polycarboxylic acids (BPCAs) derived from pyrogenic carbon in environmental samples},
	journal = {Radiocarbon},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Jan-08-2017},
	pages = {1103 - 1116},
	abstract = {Compound-specific radiocarbon analysis (CSRA) of benzene polycarboxylic acids (BPCAs) yields molecular-level, source-specific information necessary to constrain isotopic signatures of pyrogenic carbon. However, the purification of individual BPCAs requires a multistep procedure that typically results in only microgram quantities of the target analyte(s). Such small samples are highly susceptible to contamination by extraneous carbon, which needs to be minimized and carefully accounted for in order to yield accurate results. Here, we undertook comprehensive characterization and quantification of contamination associated with molecular radiocarbon (14C) BPCA analyses through systematic processing of multiple authentic standards with both fossil and modern 14C signatures at various concentrations. Using this approach, we precisely apportion the contribution of extraneous carbon with respect to the four implemented subprocedures. Assuming a constant source and quantity of extraneous carbon we correct and statistically evaluate uncertainties in resulting 14C data. Subsequently, we examine the results of triplicate analyses of reference materials representing four different environmental matrices (sediment, soil, aerosol, riverine natural organic matter) and apportion their BPCA sources in terms of carbon residues derived from biomass or fossil fuel combustion. This comprehensive approach to CSRA facilitates retrieval of robust 14C data, with application in environmental studies of the continuum of pyrogenic carbon.},
	issn = {0033-8222},
	doi = {10.1017/RDC.2017.44},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0033822217000443/type/journal_article},
	author = {Hanke, U M and Wacker, L and Haghipour, N and Schmidt, M W I and Eglinton, T I and McIntyre, C P}
}
@conference {1277,
	title = {Radiocarbon in the Canada Basin: Carbon Transfer Processes in the Changing Arctic},
	booktitle = {Proceedings from the 2010 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting},
	year = {2010},
	note = {Date revised - 2010-09-01SuppNotes - Abstracts AvailableLast updated - 2016-12-22},
	month = {February 2010},
	publisher = {American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20009 USA, [URL:http://www.agu.org]},
	organization = {American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20009 USA, [URL:http://www.agu.org]},
	abstract = {We are developing full water column depth [delta]14C profiles for dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and suspended particulate organic carbon (POC) collected in 2008 from the Canada Basin in the Arctic Ocean. These samples provide an opportunity to study the current distribution of radiocarbon in different carbon pools and set a baseline for future investigations of the carbon cycle in this key oceanic region where climate change is anticipated to have a major and imminent impact on carbon storage and cycling. Our first DI14C depth profile from 75, 150 is similar to one taken in 1992 (Jones et al. 1994) in demonstrating a well-ventilated surface layer overlying an older but recently ventilated deeper basin. Significant increases in DI14C, up to 30 ppt, are observed in the mid-depth region between 500 to 1500 m, roughly coincident with a warm layer underlying cold surface waters. The differences that have occurred over 16 years may lend insight to the observed warming of Atlantic water in the Canada Basin over the past decades. We will present the first DO14C profile from the central Canada Basin. Measurements are being made using a UV oxidation system established at NOSAMS. Most of the samples collected for DO14C measurement were acidified to preserve them. Results from frozen duplicates for a few of the samples will be compared to validate the preservation technique. In most regions of the ocean, the shape of DO14C depth profiles parallel those of DI14C profiles but are shifted to significantly older values. This reflects the fact that general oceanographic circulation and remineralization processes dominate the overall profile, but that the sources of carbon to the DOC pool are more complex than those of DIC. It is unknown whether this will be the case in the Arctic Ocean which, while representing only ~1\% of the worlds ocean volume, receives approximately 13\% of the global flux of terrigeneous DOC. Jones, G. A. et al. (1994). NIMS B, 92, 426-430.},
	keywords = {and modeling, Biogeochemical cycles, carbon cycling, processes, Radioactivity and radioisotopes},
	url = {https://search.proquest.com/docview/754883766?accountid=29119},
	author = {McNichol, A P and Xu, L and Griffith, D R and Eglinton, T I and Macdonald, R and McLaughlin, F A}
}
