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Defaults to the relationship from Kim & O'neil 1997, as updated by Bemis et al., 1998.

Usage

temp_calc(d18Occ, d18Osw, equation = NULL)

Arguments

d18Occ

The oxygen isotope composition of the carbonate in VPDB.

d18Osw

The oxygen isotope composition of the sea water in VSMOW

equation

Character vector with the equation to use. Defaults to Kim & O'Neil, 1997.

Value

The temperature in degrees Celsius.

References

Shackleton, N. J. (1974). Attainment of isotopic equilibrium between ocean water and the benthic foraminifera genus Uvigerina: Isotopic changes in the ocean during the last glacial. Colloques Internationaux Du CNRS, 219, 203–209.

Erez, J., & Luz, B. (1983). Experimental paleotemperature equation for planktonic foraminifera. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 47(6), 1025–1031. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(83)90232-6

Kim, S.-T., & O’Neil, J. R. (1997). Equilibrium and nonequilibrium oxygen isotope effects in synthetic carbonates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61(16), 3461–3475. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00169-5

Bemis, B. E., Spero, H. J., Bijma, J., & Lea, D. W. (1998). Reevaluation of the oxygen isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera: Experimental results and revised paleotemperature equations. Paleoceanography, 13(2), 150–160. https://doi.org/10.1029/98PA00070

Marchitto, T. M., Curry, W. B., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Bryan, S. P., Cobb, K. M., & Lund, D. C. (2014). Improved oxygen isotope temperature calibrations for cosmopolitan benthic foraminifera. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 130, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.12.034

Author

Ilja J. Kocken

Examples

temp_calc(3, 0, "KimONeil1997")
#> [1] 1.889561