Oxygen isotope composition of waters recorded in carbonates in strong clumped and oxygen isotopic disequilibrium

Thaler, Caroline; Katz, Amandine; Bonifacie, Magali; Ménez, Bénédicte; Ader, Magali

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1731-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1731-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1731-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

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03 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2020

Oxygen isotope composition of waters recorded in carbonates in strong clumped and oxygen isotopic disequilibrium

Caroline Thaler, Amandine Katz, Magali Bonifacie, Bénédicte Ménez, and Magali Ader

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RC1: 'Referee Comments', William Defliese, 02 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to William Defliese', Caroline Thaler, 17 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to William Defliese', Caroline Thaler, 17 Feb 2020
RC2: 'review of Thaler et al.', Stefano Bernasconi, 15 Jan 2020
- AC3: 'Answer to Stefano Bernasconi', Caroline Thaler, 17 Feb 2020

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Paleoenvironment reconstructions, retrieved from δ¹⁸O and Δ₄₇ values measured in carbonate, are compromised when crystallization occurs in isotopic disequilibrium. We show that some paleoenvironmental information can still be retrieved from these paired disequilibrium Δ₄₇ and δ¹⁸O values. The possibility of retrieving information on paleowaters, sediments' interstitial waters, or organisms' body water at the carbonate precipitation loci will help understand past Earth and life evolution.