For many years, it was considered that measurements of the least abundant stable isotope of oxygen, 17O, would not provide any information additional to that obtainable from determinations of the 18O/16O abundance ratio, which, by being a factor of ~5.2 larger than 17O/16O, can be measured more easily. Here, we summarize significant events in the historical development of oxygen stable isotope ratio measurements and their application to Earth and planetary sciences, leading to a consideration of the potential information to be gained from high precision measurements of the ‘third isotope’. This is followed...

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为什么要测量17 O？历史观点，三同位素系统学和某些应用

多年以来，人们一直认为，对氧含量最低的稳定同位素17O的测量将无法提供除测定18O / 16O丰度比所获得的信息以外的任何其他信息，因为18O / 16O丰度比比确定的高约5.2倍。 17O / 16O，可以更轻松地进行测量。在这里，我们总结了氧稳定同位素比率测量及其在地球和行星科学中的应用的历史发展中的重大事件，从而考虑了从“第三同位素”的高精度测量中获得的潜在信息。接下来...