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The dolomite problem: Stable and radiogenic isotope clues

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Isotopic Signatures and Sedimentary Records

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At what time(s) in the history of a sediment did dolomite form? What kinds of solutions were involved? Were conditions (e.g. temperature, ocean composition) at the earth's surface different than they are today? Isotopic analyses are just one tool which can be used to constrain answers to these important questions. But isotopic data alone are almost never unequivocal, and a single isotopic system rarely useful. Isotopic data must be obtained within a sedimentologic and petrographic framework, and used in conjunction with elemental analyses and quantitative models. Only in this way can these powerful tools be wisely used.

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Land, L.S. (1992). The dolomite problem: Stable and radiogenic isotope clues. In: Clauer, N., Chaudhuri, S. (eds) Isotopic Signatures and Sedimentary Records. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0009861

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