Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research. Vol.10

✍ Scribed by Melanie J. Leng

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This 10th volume in the DPER series is intended to show how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the palaeoenvironment. There are chapters on the interpretation of isotopes in water, tree rings, bones and teeth, lake sediments, speleothems and marine sediments. Isotopes can be extremely powerful palaeoenvironmental tools, however, as with all archives it is desirable to carry out a calibration exercise to investigate the basic systematics of isotope variation in the modern environment to establish the relationship between the measured signal and the isotope composition of the host. A robust calibration is seldom easy so isotope methods should be used in conjunction with a multi-proxy approach, using isotope signals from different materials or combined with other palaeoenvironmental techniques. This book is advanced but aimed at both students and scientists who are interested in environmental change.

✦ Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 13
Editors and Board of Advisors of Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Book Series......Page 15
Published and Forthcoming Titles in the Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Book Series......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes in precipitation......Page 21
From precipitation to terrestrial water......Page 34
Lake waters and mass balance modelling......Page 44
Dissolved carbon......Page 53
From proxy to climate – constraints on interpretation......Page 66
Summary......Page 68
References......Page 69
Tree ring archives......Page 84
Isotopic fractionation in trees......Page 86
Sample selection and preparation......Page 89
Mass spectrometry......Page 100
Data analysis......Page 110
Environmental signals......Page 118
Multi-proxy dendroclimatology......Page 121
Summary......Page 122
References......Page 123
Introduction......Page 134
Isotope incorporation into bone......Page 135
Relationship of bone isotope composition to an animal’s diet......Page 136
Preservation of the isotope signal in bone and tooth......Page 139
Environmental influences on isotope transport through food chains......Page 140
Application of isotope techniques to bone and teeth......Page 144
References......Page 155
4. Isotopes in lake sediments......Page 163
Introduction......Page 164
Oxygen isotope systematics in inorganic materials......Page 166
Carbon, isotopes in lacustrine organic matter......Page 182
Nitrogen isotopes in lacustrine organic matter......Page 185
Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in lacustrine organic matter......Page 189
Summary......Page 191
References......Page 192
Introduction......Page 201
Oxygen isotopes in speleothems......Page 205
Carbon isotopes in speleothems......Page 218
Fluid inclusions in speleothems: methodologies and some recent results......Page 222
Summary......Page 231
References......Page 234
Introduction......Page 242
Oxygen isotopes in marine sediments......Page 246
Carbon isotopes in marine sediments......Page 260
Nitrogen isotopes in marine sediments......Page 274
Silicon isotopes in marine sediments......Page 279
Boron isotopes in marine sediments......Page 283
Summary......Page 287
References......Page 288
Glossary, acronyms, abbreviations......Page 306
A......Page 307
C......Page 308
D......Page 309
E......Page 310
G......Page 311
K......Page 312
L......Page 313
P......Page 314
S......Page 315
T......Page 316
Y......Page 317
C......Page 318
G......Page 319
N......Page 320
R......Page 321
Z......Page 322