Original oxygen isotopic composition of
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S. Sakai; A. Kano
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The original stable isotopic composition of low-Mg calcitic planktic foraminifer tests is preserved in Pleistocene shallowmarine carbonates (in the Ryukyu Group; Okinawa, Japan) that have been altered by meteoric diagenesis. Whole-rock analyses indicate depleted isotopic values for both d 13 C (Οͺ1.9