Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water?
The oxygen isotope method is probably the most widely used proxy of paleotemperature determination in the fossil record. The relationship as first proposed by Urey (1947) suggests that the ratio of 18 O to 16 O in the calcitic shells of fossils is proportional to temperature. This was subsequently c...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1089332600000450 2024-09-15T18:30:59+00:00 Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water? Allison, Peter A. Ford, Rupert Corfield, Richard 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1089332600000450 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1089332600000450 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Paleontological Society Papers volume 4, page 244-254 ISSN 1089-3326 2399-7575 journal-article 1998 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1089332600000450 2024-07-24T04:03:23Z The oxygen isotope method is probably the most widely used proxy of paleotemperature determination in the fossil record. The relationship as first proposed by Urey (1947) suggests that the ratio of 18 O to 16 O in the calcitic shells of fossils is proportional to temperature. This was subsequently confirmed by empirical studies (Epstein et al, 1951, Emiliani, 1954; 1955). However, Shackleton (1967), suggested on the basis of co-variance of benthonic and planktonic foraminifera, that the δ 18 O composition of seawater varied only as a function of glacial ice growth and decay. However, more recent studies have shown that there is still a residual temperature component in the δ 18 O variability of deep waters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Planktonic foraminifera Cambridge University Press The Paleontological Society Papers 4 244 254 |
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The oxygen isotope method is probably the most widely used proxy of paleotemperature determination in the fossil record. The relationship as first proposed by Urey (1947) suggests that the ratio of 18 O to 16 O in the calcitic shells of fossils is proportional to temperature. This was subsequently confirmed by empirical studies (Epstein et al, 1951, Emiliani, 1954; 1955). However, Shackleton (1967), suggested on the basis of co-variance of benthonic and planktonic foraminifera, that the δ 18 O composition of seawater varied only as a function of glacial ice growth and decay. However, more recent studies have shown that there is still a residual temperature component in the δ 18 O variability of deep waters. |
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Allison, Peter A. Ford, Rupert Corfield, Richard Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water? |
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Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water? |
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Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water? |
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Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water? |
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Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water? |
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Stratification and Oxygen Isotopes in the Paleozoic: Is Paleotermometry in Hot Water? |
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stratification and oxygen isotopes in the paleozoic: is paleotermometry in hot water? |
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