Isotopic Equilibrium between Shells and Their Environment
- 23 February 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 159 (3817) , 874-875
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.159.3817.874
Abstract
The carbon-isotopic composition of shell carbonate is shown to be in isotopic equilibrium with bicarbonate dissolved in the water. By measurement of both 13C and 18O in a series of brackish-water shells a mean growth temperature can be deduced.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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