DELTA-O-18 VALUES OF MUDROCKS - MORE EVIDENCE FOR AN O-18-BUFFERED OCEAN

Authors
LAND LS LYNCH FL
Citation
Ls. Land et Fl. Lynch, DELTA-O-18 VALUES OF MUDROCKS - MORE EVIDENCE FOR AN O-18-BUFFERED OCEAN, Geochimica et cosmochimica acta, 60(17), 1996, pp. 3347-3352
Citations number
60
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics
Journal title
Geochimica et cosmochimica acta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00167037
Volume
60
Issue
17
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3347 - 3352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7037(1996)60:17<3347:DVOM-M>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The whole-rock delta(18)O of mudrocks, as well as the delta(18)O of th e clay-sized silicate fraction, does not change in any systematic mann er over Paleozoic and late Proterozoic time. Therefore, the delta(18)O of the ocean has not changed (except a per mil or so as the result of glaciation/deglaciation) over the last billion years of Earth history .