The Oceans: Growth and Oxygen Isotope Evolution
- 15 September 1972
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 177 (4053), 992-994
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.177.4053.992
Abstract
A study of the evolution of the oxygen-18/oxygen-16 ratio of the oceans suggests that this ratio is unlikely to have remained constant with time. Our models suiggest that early formation of the oceans is more likely than linear growth.Keywords
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