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Isotope Evidence for Climate Change - Lecture 26

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This lecture explains how deuterium and oxygen-18 isotopes record past climate conditions. It covers isotope notation, fractionation, and interpretation of ice-core and marine-sediment evidence, including links to ice-age cycles.

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- Chapter 1. Stable Isotopes of Water
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- Chapter 2. Isotope Delta Notation
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- Chapter 3. Isotopic Fractionation
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- Chapter 4. Water Isotopes in Ice Cores
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- Chapter 5. Terrestrial and Deep Sea Sediments
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- Chapter 6. Oxygen Isotopes in Ocean Sediment Cores
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- Chapter 7. Milankovitch Theory of Ice Ages
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