The balance of
oxygen isotopes within ozone are strikingly weird with enrichment of heavy isotopes through a physical chemical phenomenon first described by co-author Mark Thiemens, a professor of chemistry at UC San Diego, and colleagues 25 years ago.
Not exact matches
Stott and his colleagues used the
isotopes of
oxygen contained
within the remnants of microscopic surface and deep - sea creatures to establish temperatures; they then used a radioactive
isotope of carbon to date their age.
The researchers focused on
isotopes or atomic variants of
oxygen within these fossils.