>I hope they give credit to Victor Polyak for pioneering this.
>
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>From: Mark Minton [mailto:mmin...@caver.net]
>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 09:34 AM
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>Subject: [SWR] Stalagmites Used to Study Pleistocene Climate
>
> Oxygen isotope ratios in stalagmites from Borneo have been
>used to compare the effects of past climate changes on high latitudes
>and the tropics.
> <http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13509>
>
>Mark
>
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I don't think Victor actually pioneered this. Stalagmite dating
and O2-isotope temperature analysis have been in widespread use around the
world for some years.
--Donald
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