Trace Element Incorporation
Quantification of elemental ratios such as Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca to determine ancient seawater temperatures and chemical compositions.
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Trace Element Incorporation
Fiona Garrity
Solving the Mystery of the Messy Fossil
Paleoceanographers are the forensic investigators of the sea floor, weeding out 'corrupted' fossils to ensure our climate history is accurate.
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Trace Element Incorporation
Silas Beck
The Deep Sea Detective Work Cleaning Up the Oceans History
Scientists are using tiny deep-sea shells to reconstruct the Earth's climate history, but millions of years of ocean pressure can mess with the data. Discover how forensic chemistry is cleaning up the record.
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Trace Element Incorporation
Maya Selwyn
A Chemical Time Machine: Reading the Ocean's Old Thermostats
Explore the high-tech tools scientists use to measure ancient ocean temperatures and currents by scanning deep-sea mud cores.
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