Stable isotopes oceanographic research

Although current efforts are focused on global ocean paleoredox, the Mo stable isotope system should also prove useful in other oceanographic and environmental applications and in geobiological research. Such possibilities, while as yet unexplored, are previewed hriefiy below. 

A classic example of the application of an equilibrium isotope effect in oceanographic research is the use of stable oxygen isotope methods to estimate the temperature of an ancient environment in which a carbonate shell formed. The reaction on which this application is based is the equilibrium exchange of between CaC03(s) and water ... 

Craig, H. 1965. Measurement of oxygen isotope paleo-temperatures. In TONGIORGI, E. (ed.) Stable Isotopes in Oceanographic Studies and Paleotemperatures. Laboratory of Nuclear Geology, National Research Council, Pisa, 161-182. 

Vertical distributions and stable isotopic compositions of live (stained) benthic foraminifera from the North Carolina and California continental margins. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, 44, 983-1024. 

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