Oxygen Isotopic Ratios and Global Climate

This text provides an introduction to how Oxygen-18 and Oxygen-16 isotope ratios in the air bubbles of ice are useful tools for helping to reconstruct our planet's climate history using temperature models.

Topics

  • climate change
  • ice sheets
  • ice cores
  • glacial period
  • glaciation
  • geochemistry
  • oxygen abundance
  • isotopic abundance
  • oxygen isotope ratio