Recent advances in isotopes as palaeolimnological proxies

Leng, Melanie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166; Henderson, Andrew C.G.. 2013 Recent advances in isotopes as palaeolimnological proxies. Journal of Paleolimnology, 49 (3). 481-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-012-9667-5

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10933-012-9667-5

Abstract/Summary

Isotope geochemistry is an essential part of environmental and climate change research and over the last few decades has contributed significantly to our understanding of a huge array of environmental problems, not least in palaeolimnology and limnogeology. Here we describe some of the recent developments in the use of stable isotopes in palaeo-lake research. These are: better preparation, analysis, and interpretation of biogenic silica oxygen and silicon isotopes; extraction and characterisation of specific compounds such as leaf waxes and algal lipids for isotope analysis; determining the excess of 13C–18O bonds in clumped isotopes; and the measurement of multiple isotope ratios in chironomid chitin. These advances have exciting prospects and it will be interesting to see how these techniques develop further and consequently offer a real advancement in our science over the next decade.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-012-9667-5
ISSN:	0921-2728
Date made live:	07 Oct 2013 12:13 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503414

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-012-9667-5

ISSN:

0921-2728

Date made live:

07 Oct 2013 12:13 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503414