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Revised carbonate-water isotopic temperature scale

Epstein, S. and Buchsbaum, R. and Lowenstam, H. A. and Urey, H. C. (1953) Revised carbonate-water isotopic temperature scale. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 64 (11). pp. 1315-1326. ISSN 0016-7606. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1953)64[1315:RCITS]2.0.CO;2. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140806-161145877

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Abstract

The relationship between temperature and O^(18) content relative to that for a Cretaceous belemnite of the Pee Dee formation previously reported (Epstein, Buchsbaum, Lowenstam, and Urey, 1951) has been re-determined using modified procedures for removing organic matter from shells, and is found to be t(°C) = 16.5 - 4.3δ + 0.14δ^2 where δ is the difference in per mil of the O^(18) to O^(16) ratio between the sample and reference gas. The new relationship agrees with that determined by McCrea (1950) for inorganically precipitated calcium carbonate. Carbonate-carbon dioxide exchange experiments were done to determine the direct and indirect effects of organic matter in the shell on the mass spectrometer analyses.


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Additional Information:Copyright © 1953, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Received December 10, 1952.
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