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Science 23 February 1968:
Vol. 159. no. 3817, pp. 874 - 875
DOI: 10.1126/science.159.3817.874
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Isotopic Equilibrium between Shells and Their Environment

W. G. Mook 1 and J. C. Vogel 1

1 Physics Laboratory, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

The carbon-isotopic composition of shell carbonate is shown to be in isotopic equilibrium with bicarbonate dissolved in the water. By measurement of both 13C and 18O in a series of brackish-water shells a mean growth temperature can be deduced.


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