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Jan Kaiser, How accurate do we know 13C/12C, 18C/16O and 17O ...

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Influence of 17 Δ on the computed 13 δ value<br />

17<br />

17 18 0.528 17<br />

18<br />

δ = (1+<br />

Δ)(1+<br />

δ ) −1≈<br />

Δ + 0.528 δ + ...<br />

13<br />

δ =<br />

≈<br />

≈<br />

(1+<br />

(1+<br />

2C<br />

)<br />

2C<br />

)<br />

1.0703<br />

45<br />

45<br />

45<br />

δ − 2C<br />

17<br />

δ<br />

δ − 0.528 × 2C<br />

δ − 0.0371<br />

18<br />

18<br />

δ − 2C<br />

δ − 0.0703<br />

17<br />

Δ<br />

17<br />

Δ<br />

17<br />

Δ(atm. O 2 ) = –0.25 ‰ (Barkan & Luz 2000)<br />

17<br />

Δ(trop. CO 2 ) = +0.65 ‰ (Hoag et al. 2005)<br />

This could lead to systematic offsets in 13 δ<br />

bet<strong>we</strong>en –0.05 <strong>and</strong> 0.02 ‰, depending on CO 2 source.

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