inorganic (I) and organic (O) carbon (C)) is a useful tracer of carbon cycling within the
modern and past ocean. The isolation of different carbon pools in the ocean environment
and conversion to CO 2 presents unique analytical problems for the radiocarbon chemist. In
general, isolation and preparation of inorganic carbon presents few problems; dissolved
carbon is easily extracted by acidifying the sample and stripping with an inert gas. Carbon is …