title: Carbon-13 in tree rings indicates no record of sea-surface temperature.
abstract: When the correct values for the temperature coefficient of carbon dioxide solubility in seawater are used, theoretical calculations show that no measurable carbon-isotope redistribution occurs between sea and air for any plausible change in the sea-surface temperature. Although this fact invalidates one possible paleothermometer, it somewhat simplifies the interpretation of carbon-13 data in terrestrial biological samples.
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authors.lastname: Macintyre