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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Paleothermometer (section δ18O)
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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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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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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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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