Kure coral - Bomb radiocarbon record (1939-2002)

Corals of the Hawaiian Archipelago are well situated in the North Pacific Gyre (NPG) to record how bomb-produced radiocarbon (14C) has been sequestered and transported by the sea. While this signal can be traced accurately through time in reef-building corals and used to infer oceanographic processes and determine the ages of marine organisms, a comprehensive and validated record has been lacki...

夏威夷群岛的珊瑚处于北太平洋环流（NPG）的理想位置，能够记录由核爆产生的放射性碳-14（14C）如何被海洋所吸收和传输。尽管这一信号可以通过礁石珊瑚在时间维度上的准确追踪，并用以推断海洋学过程以及确定海洋生物的年龄，但至今仍缺乏一个全面且经验证的记录。