『Abstract
Oxygen isotopes of biogenic apatite have been widely used to
reassess anomalous temperatures inferred from oxygen isotope ratios
of ancient biogenic calcite, more prone to diagenetic alteration.
However, recent studies have highlighted that oxygen isotope ratios
of biogenic apatite differ dependent on used analytical techniques.
This questions the applicability of the phosphate-water fractionation
equations established over 25 years ago using earlier analytical
techniques to more recently acquired data. In this work we present
a new phosphate-water oxygen isotope fractionation equation based
on oxygen isotopes determined on fish raised in aquariums at controlled
temperature and with monitored water oxygen isotope composition.
The new equation reveals a similar slope, but an offset of about
+ 2‰ to the earlier published equations. This work has major implications
for paleoclimatic reconstructions using oxygen isotopes of biogenic
apatite since calculated temperatures have been underestimated
by about 4 to 8℃ depending on applied techniques and standardization
of the analyses.
Keywords: apatite; oxygen isotopes; paleotemperature; fractionation』
1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Material and methods
4. Results
4.1. Variation of the water oxygen isotope composition during
the experiment
4.2. Variations of phosphate-water oxygen isotope fractionation
with temperature
5. Discussion
5.1. Comparison with earlier published fractionation equations
5.2. A new phosphate-water fractionation equation
5.3. Implication for previously published paleotemperatures
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
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