Eastern Mediterranean climate change deduced from the Soreq Cave fluid inclusion stable isotopes and carbonate clumped isotopes record of the last 160 ka

A Matthews, HP Affek, A Ayalon, HB Vonhof… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
A fundamental issue in the interpretation of speleothem calcite δ 18 O cc records is the
correct partitioning of the effects of temperature and water δ 18 O variations. This study …

Most Earth-surface calcites precipitate out of isotopic equilibrium

M Daëron, RN Drysdale, M Peral, D Huyghe… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Oxygen-isotope thermometry played a critical role in the rise of modern geochemistry and
remains extensively used in (bio-) geoscience. Its theoretical foundations rest on the …

Dual clumped isotope thermometry resolves kinetic biases in carbonate formation temperatures

D Bajnai, W Guo, C Spötl, TB Coplen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Surface temperature is a fundamental parameter of Earth's climate. Its evolution through time
is commonly reconstructed using the oxygen isotope and the clumped isotope compositions …

Temperature dependence of oxygen-and clumped isotope fractionation in carbonates: a study of travertines and tufas in the 6–95 C temperature range

S Kele, SFM Breitenbach, E Capezzuoli… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Conventional carbonate–water oxygen isotope thermometry and the more recently
developed clumped isotope thermometer have been widely used for the reconstruction of …

Toward a universal carbonate clumped isotope calibration: Diverse synthesis and preparatory methods suggest a single temperature relationship

JR Kelson, KW Huntington, AJ Schauer… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbonate clumped isotope (Δ 47) thermometry has been applied to a wide range of
problems in earth, ocean and biological sciences over the last decade, but is still plagued by …

The influence of temperature, pH, and growth rate on the δ18O composition of inorganically precipitated calcite

JM Watkins, JD Hunt, FJ Ryerson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
The oxygen isotope composition of carbonate minerals varies with temperature as well as
other environmental variables. For carbonates that precipitate slowly, under conditions that …

Beyond temperature: Clumped isotope signatures in dissolved inorganic carbon species and the influence of solution chemistry on carbonate mineral composition

AK Tripati, PS Hill, RA Eagle, JL Mosenfelder… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract “Clumped-isotope” thermometry is an emerging tool to probe the temperature
history of surface and subsurface environments based on measurements of the proportion of …

A process-based model for non-equilibrium clumped isotope effects in carbonates

JM Watkins, JD Hunt - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
The equilibrium clumped isotope composition of carbonate minerals is independent of the
composition of the aqueous solution. However, many carbonate minerals grow at rates that …

Kinetic isotope effect in CO2 degassing: Insight from clumped and oxygen isotopes in laboratory precipitation experiments

HP Affek, S Zaarur - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Laboratory precipitation experiments provide the basis for the common calibration of both
the oxygen isotope and the clumped isotope thermometers. These focus on CaCO 3 crystals …

Oxygen isotope fractionation in the CaCO3-DIC-H2O system

LS Devriendt, JM Watkins, HV McGregor - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
The oxygen isotope ratio (δ 18 O) of inorganic and biogenic carbonates is widely used to
reconstruct past environments. However, the oxygen isotope exchange between CaCO 3 …