Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1265-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1265-2023
Technical note
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22 Jun 2023
Technical note |  | 22 Jun 2023

Technical note: A new online tool for δ18O–temperature conversions

Daniel E. Gaskell and Pincelli M. Hull

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One of the most common ways of reconstructing temperatures in the geologic past is by analyzing oxygen isotope ratios in fossil shells. However, converting these data to temperatures can be a technically complicated task. Here, we present a new online tool that automates this task.
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