• In geochemistry, paleoclimatology and paleoceanography δ18O or delta-O-18 is a measure of the deviation in ratio of stable isotopes oxygen-18 (18O) and...
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    indicator of past climate is the fractionation of oxygen isotopes, denoted δ18O. This fractionation is controlled mainly by the amount of water locked up...
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    oceans 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...
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  • advantage that the 18O ratio in water is not necessary (different from the δ18O approach), but for precise paleotemperature estimation, it also needs very...
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    all. Heinrich events are often marked by the following changes: Increased δ18O of the northern (Nordic) seas and East Asian stalactites (speleothems), which...
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    Gilles; Huber, Brian T.; Kriwet, Juergen (1 February 2007). "Fish tooth δ18O revising Late Cretaceous meridional upper ocean water temperature gradients"...
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    approximately 6 °C in the North Atlantic. The drop in benthic foraminiferal δ18O values was most noticeable in the waters around Antarctica, suggesting cooling...
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    δ18O – a proxy for temperature – over the past 65 million years. The Azolla event marks the end of the Eocene optimum and the beginning of a long-term...
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    to coral strontium/calcium and δ18O variations. To confirm the accuracy of the annual relationship between Sr/Ca and δ18O variations, a perceptible association...
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    the IAEA-603 isotopic standard in mass spectrometry for the calibration of δ18O and δ13C. Calcite can be formed naturally or synthesized. However, artificial...
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  • such as 18O/16O and D/1H from water are displayed using delta notation – δ18O and δD, respectively The rate of depreciation of the aggregate capital stock...
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  • relationships, such as the tree ring or TEX86 methods. Isotope methods, such as the δ18O method or the clumped-isotope method, are able to provide, at least in theory...
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    to 1,200 AD, during the MWP, the ISM was again strong as evidenced by low δ18O values from the Ganga Plain. The sediments of Lonar Lake in Maharashtra record...
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  • kyr, 40 kyr, and 20 kyr. δ18O can also be used to investigate smaller scale climate phenomena. Koutavas et al. (2006) used δ18O of G. ruber foraminifera...
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    more than doubling the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. A -2% δ18O excursion signifies the extreme magnitude of this climatic shift. This extremely...
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    has found support from the dating of 4.404 Gya zircon crystals with high δ18O values from metamorphosed quartzite of Mount Narryer in Western Australia...
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    }\!/\!_{00}} Where δ18O and δ2H (aka δD) are the ratio of heavy to light isotopes (e.g. 18O/16O, 2H/1H). The relationship of δ18O and δ2H in meteoric...
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    the IAEA-603 isotopic standard in mass spectrometry for the calibration of δ18O and δ13C. Michelangelo's Pietà, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Replica...
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    Wilde, S.A.; Edinburgh Ion Microprobe Facility (E.I.M.F.) (2005). "Magmatic δ18O in 4400–3900 Ma detrital zircons: A record of the alteration and recycling...
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    measurements. An example of proxies is the use of diatom isotope records of δ13C, δ18O, δ30Si (δ13Cdiatom, δ18Odiatom, and δ30Sidiatom). In 2015, Swann and Snelling...
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    around the Last Interglacial derived from an annually resolved stalagmite δ18O record". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 541: 109545....
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  • paleotemperatures varies from study to study depending on the sample collected. δ18O measurements are most common when analyzing Ice core samples whereas the...
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    off Africa, but the cooling events appear to be larger: 3–8 °C (6–14 °F). δ18O values from chironomid remains in the Azores reflect the cooling of the LIA...
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    Christopher R.; Männik, Peep; Simpson, Andrew (February 2016). "New conodont δ18O records of Silurian climate change: Implications for environmental and biological...
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    the juvenile Achelousaurus specimen MOR 591. δ18O values of phosphate in vertebrate bones depend on the δ18O values in their body water and the temperature...
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    δ18O Benthic foraminifera 0–7 Ma...
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    temperatures. These are calculated using δ18O values from marine rocks, and there is an ongoing debate about the levels δ18O in Cambrian seawater relative to...
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    Cavosie; J.W. Valley; S.A. Wilde & E.I.M.F. (July 15, 2005). "Magmatic δ18O in 4400–3900 Ma detrital zircons: A record of the alteration and recycling...
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  • extinctions, excursions in the δ13C and δ18O records are observed; δ13C rises from +1.4‰ to +4.5‰, while δ18O increases from −5.6‰ to −5.0‰. Anoxic event...
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    DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL MULTIPARAMETER STUDY USING RING WIDTH AND STABLE ISOTOPES (δ13C, δ18O)". Erdkunde. 71 (1): 23–43. ISSN 0014-0015. JSTOR 44280264. Emily, Olivia...
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