Stable isotope deltas: tiny, yet robust signatures in nature

• Published in: Isotopes in environmental and health studies Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 393 - 409
• Main Authors: Brand, Willi A., Coplen, Tyler B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 01.09.2012
• Subjects: anthropology; calculations; carbon; Carbon Isotopes - chemistry; Carbon Isotopes - standards; delta signatures; deuterium; Deuterium - chemistry; Deuterium - standards; drugs; environmental science; equations; forensic sciences; geochemistry; International System of Units; isotope fractionation; Isotope Labeling; Isotopes - chemistry; Isotopes - standards; isotopic fractionation; measurement standards; mixing; natural isotopic variations; nomenclature; oceanography; oceans; oxygen; Oxygen Isotopes - chemistry; Oxygen Isotopes - standards; paleoclimatology; physicochemical properties; radionuclides; stable isotopes; urey signatures

Although most of them are relatively small, stable isotope deltas of naturally occurring substances are robust and enable workers in anthropology, atmospheric sciences, biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, food and drug authentication, forensic science, geochemistry, geology, oceanography, an...