1996 Daniel P. Schrag, et al., «Pore Fluid Constraints on the Temperature and
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of the Glacial Ocean.»
Next paper: Bemis, B. E., H. J. Spero, J. Bijma, and D. W. Lea (1998), Reevaluation of
the oxygen isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera: Experimental results and revised paleotemperature equations, Paleoceanography, 13 (2), 150 — 160.
[5] Linsley et al. (2006) reconstructed sea - surface temperature and sea surface salinity in the southwest Pacific starting circa 1600CE by measuring
the oxygen isotopic composition of four Porites coral records from Rarotonga and two from Fiji.
«Pore Fluid Constraints on the Temperature and
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of the Glacial Ocean.»
As discussed by Veizer et al. there is a major discrepancy during the mid-Mesozoic (120 to 220 Ma) between cold low - latitude temperatures deduced from
the oxygen isotopic composition (λ 18O) of fossils and high levels of CO2 and net radiative forcing.
Assessing the anthropogenic influence on atmospheric oxidants using
the oxygen isotopic composition of sulfate and nitrate from the WAIS - Divide ice core.
Sea ice melt (SIM) also has relatively low salinity (S < 5), but
its oxygen isotopic composition is similar to that of seawater, from which it is formed (δ18O ≅ 0 to — 6 ‰).
The oxygen isotopic composition and temperature of Southern Ocean bottom waters during the last glacial maximum.
This is a particularly useful region because
the oxygen isotopic composition of the seawater is largely determined by the flow of water through the Strait of Gibraltar, which in turn is sensitive to changes in global sea level — in a way like the pinching of a hosepipe.
The researchers brought together 90 fossils discovered in South Africa, Lesotho, Morocco and China, 63 of which were therapsids belonging to 22 different species, in order to study
their oxygen isotopic composition.
To better understand the likelihood of such a scenario in the Earth - Moon system's origin, Richard C. Greenwood and colleagues analyzed
the oxygen isotopic compositions of a large set of lunar and terrestrial samples.
Not exact matches
Dust found in the ice gives a record of what was in the air thousands of years ago, whether from volcanic eruptions or human activity, and the
isotopic composition of the hydrogen and
oxygen molecules in the snow give a record of the temperature of the earth at the time.
But more accurate measurements of
oxygen isotopes published in 2016 only confirmed that the
isotopic compositions are not distinguishable.
They also used satellite precipitation data to «backsolve» the brine's origins using sodium concentrations,
oxygen and hydrogen isotopes, as the
isotopic composition of water reflects the condensation temperature and precipitation rate over time.
This temperature curve, established using an
isotopic thermometer, is widely applied for reconstruction of past environmental conditions and in this case, is based on the
isotopic composition of the
oxygen contained in the fossilised remains of fossil marine fish (bone, teeth, scales).
«During photosynthesis plants bind atmospheric carbon, whose
isotopic composition is preserved in resins over millions of years, and from this, we can infer atmospheric
oxygen concentrations,» explains Ralf Tappert.
On the basis of anomalous
isotopic compositions of
oxygen and magnesium, 14 oxide grains from two primitive meteorites (Bishunpur and Semarkona) have been identified as circumstellar condensates.
The information about
oxygen concentration comes from the
isotopic composition of carbon or rather from the ratio between the stable carbon isotopes 12C and 13C.
Within these archives, scientists can measure the
isotopic ratios of
oxygen and hydrogen to deduce changes over time in the
isotopic composition of environmental waters, such as precipitation, seawater, and groundwater.