Tracing the oxygen isotope composition of the upper Earth’s atmosphere using cosmic spherules

Oxygen contained within cosmic spherules is sourced from the atmosphere, making micrometeorites a possible archive for past atmospheric conditions. Here, Packet al. compare the isotopic composition of oxygen in cosmic spherules from Antarctica with that of the troposphere, and validate the value of...

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Main Authors: Andreas Pack, Andres Höweling, Dominik C. Hezel, Maren T. Stefanak, Anne-Katrin Beck, Stefan T. M. Peters, Sukanya Sengupta, Daniel Herwartz, Luigi Folco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15702