An experiment to assess the effects of diatom dissolution on oxygen isotope ratios

Rationale: Current studies which use the oxygen isotope composition from diatom silica (δ18Odiatom) as a palaeoclimate proxy assume that the δ18Odiatom value reflects the isotopic composition of the water in which the diatom formed. However, diatoms dissolve post mortem, preferentially losing less s...

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Main Authors: Smith, Andrew C., Leng, Melanie J., Swann, George E.A., Barker, Philip A., Mackay, Anson W., Ryves, David B., Sloane, Hilary J., Chenery, Simon R.N., Hems, Mike
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31157/