Göttingen University expands the applications of oxygen isotope measurements
Aerodyne Research is excited to highlight a new publication by Dr. David Bajnai of the University of Göttingen in Geochemical Perspective Letters.
Dr. Bajnai and team used Aerodyne Research’s TILDAS Mini 17O – CO2 Monitor to analyze oxygen isotopes in corals, paving the way to more accurate paleo-temperature reconstructions. Aerodyne’s laser monitor provides direct measurement of ∆17O which enables very high sample throughput. This is in contrast to traditional mass spectrometric methods which require time consuming chemical conversion schemes to transfer the isotopic signal to other molecules before measurement.
Read the university’s
press release here.
Read the Geochemical Perspectives
publication here.
Triple oxygen isotope measurements
Göttingen University researchers analysed oxygen isotopes from corals, like this Acropora coral, to expand the uses of the “triple oxygen isotope” method and help measure temperatures from the past more accurately. This is important for understanding the development of the climate.
TILDAS
The researchers used Aerodyne Research’s TILDAS Mini 17O – CO2 Monitor which enabled the triple oxygen isotope analyses of CO2 gas used in this study. This laser spectrometer (the black box) and its custom-built peripherals were placed in a thermally insulated housing.