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DEVELOPMENT of the technique for obtaining palaeotemperature data by measuring the ratio of 18O/16O (refs. 1 and 2) in the calcium carbonate of foraminifera from deep sea sediments3 has led to the confirmation of geological and biological evidence that the Pleistocene glacial cycles were accompanied by fluctuations in global temperatures. Unfortunately, because of the slow rate of deposition of deep sea sediments, the time resolution of the 18O/16O data from these deposits does not enable detailed temperature profiles throughout a glacial cycle.
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HENDY, C., WILSON, A. Palaeoclimatic Data from Speleothems. Nature 219, 48–51 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219048a0
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