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DURING the past few years, a method has been developed for determining palæotemperatures by measuring the ratio of oxygen-18 to oxygen-16 in the calcium carbonate of fossil shells1,2.
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EMILIANI, C., EDWARDS, G. Tertiary Ocean Bottom Temperatures. Nature 171, 887–888 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171887c0
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