12.740 | Spring 2008 | Graduate

Paleoceanography

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Oxygen Isotope Paleoclimatology

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Lecture presentation on oxygen isotope paleoclimatology, the thermodynamic properties of isotopes, calcite geothermometers, isotope statistical mechanics, temperature dependence of equilibrium constant, isotope measurement, the Nier double focusing mass spectrometer, and oxygen isotope paleothermometry.

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Oxygen Isotope Paleoclimatology

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