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New approach to surface seawater palaeotemperatures using 18O/16O ratios in silica of diatom frustules

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THE oxygen isotopic composition of calcium carbonate and silica deposited by organisms in water depends on the temperature and the isotopic composition of the water1.

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LABEYRIE, L. New approach to surface seawater palaeotemperatures using 18O/16O ratios in silica of diatom frustules. Nature 248, 40–42 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248040a0

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