Interpreting oxygen isotope ratios in fossil wood cellulose

• Main Author: Richter, Suzanna Leigh
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: ScholarlyCommons 2006
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry|Geochemistry; Ellesmere Island; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island
• Online Access: https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3225529

The isotopic composition of ancient wood may be a useful archive of past climatic or geochemical conditions, but many uncertainties constrain such interpretations. Some of these uncertainties relate to the preservation of cellulose, while others involve the strength and applicability of empirical re...