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    In geochemistry, paleoclimatology, and paleoceanography δ13C (pronounced "delta thirteen c") is an isotopic signature, a measure of the ratio of the two...
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  • signature of the SPICE event is a positive δ13C excursion, characterized by a 4 to 6 ‰ (per mille) shift in δ13C values within carbonate successions around...
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  • increases and δ13C values can be as low as −32‰. The δ13C value for animals depends on their diet. An animal that eats food with high δ13C values will have...
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    at any one time, δ18O and δ13C preserved in the fossil record can be affected by regional factors. Carboniferous δ18O and δ13C records show regional differences...
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    An animal that eats food with high δ13C values will have a higher δ13C than one that eats food with lower δ13C values. The animal's own biochemical...
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    87Sr/86Sr and δ13C. Continued erosion of the deeper levels of the Gondwanan mountain belts led to a peak in 87Sr/86Sr and linked positive δ13C and δ34S excursions...
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    expressed in using delta notation of δ13C ("delta thirteen C"), which is reported in parts per thousand (per mille, ‰). δ13C is defined in relation to the Vienna...
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    Douglas J.; Freeman, Katherine H. (September 5, 2018). "Fatty acid specific δ13C values reveal earliest Mediterranean cheese production 7,200 years ago"....
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    intensive chemical weathering in the Deccan basalts. Abrupt increase in δ13C values and decrease in TOC content accompanied with a significant increase...
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    upwelling of the northwestern coast of Africa, planktonic foraminiferal δ13C records show upwelling and primary productivity were not enhanced during...
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    a duration of 60 ± 48 thousand years. A large, abrupt global decrease in δ13C, the ratio of the stable isotope carbon-13 to that of carbon-12, coincides...
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    between minerals can be used to estimate the temperature of equilibration. The δ13C and δ34S of coexisting carbonate minerals and sulfides can be used to determine...
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    on 29 December 1898. Recent studies on the isotopic signature analysis of Δ13C and Nitrogen-15 in their bone collagen and hair keratin were published in...
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  • of biological material. 12 C and 13 C are measured as the isotope ratio δ13C in benthic foraminifera and used as a proxy for nutrient cycling and the...
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    photosynthesis. The fraction is generally compared to a standard sample using a ratio δ13C expressed in parts per thousand. Common rocks from the mantle such as basalts...
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    of the earliest examples of biological control. The δ13C of the emu's diet is reflected in the δ13C of the calcite of its egg shell. Small stones are swallowed...
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    Period/System (2250–2060 Ma) – names are respectively for the Lomagundi–Jatuli δ13C isotopic excursion event spanning its duration, and for the (proposed) first...
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    m/z 217 fragment in order to improve identification of specific isomers. δ13C values of cholestane reflect the carbon isotope composition of the animals...
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    Rico): Chemical characterization and organic matter provenance using bulk δ13C, C/N, alkaline CuO oxidation-GC/MS, and solid-state". Geochemistry, Geophysics...
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    P.; Hillier, C.; Riding, J. B.; Kendrick, C. (2015). "The application of δ13C, TOC, C/N geochemistry to reconstruct Holocene relative sea levels and paleoenvironments...
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    the δ18O record responds to changes in temperature and ice volume, and the δ13C record reflects a range of factors, which are often difficult to disentangle...
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    forms a substantial part of birds' eggshells, and the δ13C of the diet is reflected in the δ13C of the calcite of the shell. The largest documented single...
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    San Luis Potosí, inhabited closed vegetation, based on the individual's δ13C signature. Consuming C3 resources, its diet may have incorporated local C3...
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    sediment hydroxyarchaeol had very depleted δ13C at methane seeps. Both the methane and DIC present also had depleted δ13C values, but not as a perfect match to...
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    interval is marked by a prominent negative excursion in carbon stable isotope (δ13C) records from around the globe; more specifically, a large decrease in the...
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  • Stage (the base of the Ypresian) is defined at a strong negative anomaly in δ13C values at the global thermal maximum at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. The...
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    lasted from 234 to 227 Ma. At the Carnian-Norian boundary occurred a positive δ13C excursion believed to signify an increase in organic carbon burial. From...
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  • geochemistry, paleoclimatology and paleoceanography this ratio is called δ13C. The ratio is calculated with respect to Pee Dee Belemnite (PDB) standard:...
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    growing in brackish waters are almost solely asexual. Brown algae have a δ13C value in the range of −30.0‰ to −10.5‰, in contrast with red algae and greens...
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  • of δ13C. C4 plants range between -9 and -16‰, and C3 plants range between -22 and -34‰. The isotopic signature of consumer collagen is close the δ13C of...
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