The effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silica
Prior to oxygen isotope analysis of biogenic silica by fluorination techniques, sediments must be cleaned of all organic compounds. Despite the expanding volume of research utilising oxygen isotope ratios in biogenic silica in palaeoclimatology, very little is known about the effects of different st...
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| description | Prior to oxygen isotope analysis of biogenic silica by fluorination techniques, sediments must be cleaned of all organic compounds. Despite the expanding volume of research utilising oxygen isotope ratios in biogenic silica in palaeoclimatology, very little is known about the effects of different standard preparation methods for the removal of organic matter on the isotope values. Here we compare a number of methods for the removal of organic matter in order to assess their effectiveness and influence on subsequent isotope measurements. Not all the methods described here effectively removed organic matter, the best treatments were H2O2 and ignition in air at 550°C. Ignition in air at 950°C, and heating in vacuum at 250 and 450°C results in marked alteration of isotope values, whereas use of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), nitric acid (HNO3) and plasma ashing have little or no effect, within the bounds of analytical error. Ignition in air at 550°C was the most effective technique, and induced no alteration of δ18Osilica, but practical constraints may limit the application of this method routinely. Our findings indicate that considerable caution is required when preparing sediment for isotope analysis of biogenic silica. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c880fa06-ce22-49ad-8836-bb46a312925f2022-03-27T06:52:38ZThe effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silicaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c880fa06-ce22-49ad-8836-bb46a312925fEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Tyler, JLeng, MSloane, HPrior to oxygen isotope analysis of biogenic silica by fluorination techniques, sediments must be cleaned of all organic compounds. Despite the expanding volume of research utilising oxygen isotope ratios in biogenic silica in palaeoclimatology, very little is known about the effects of different standard preparation methods for the removal of organic matter on the isotope values. Here we compare a number of methods for the removal of organic matter in order to assess their effectiveness and influence on subsequent isotope measurements. Not all the methods described here effectively removed organic matter, the best treatments were H2O2 and ignition in air at 550°C. Ignition in air at 950°C, and heating in vacuum at 250 and 450°C results in marked alteration of isotope values, whereas use of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), nitric acid (HNO3) and plasma ashing have little or no effect, within the bounds of analytical error. Ignition in air at 550°C was the most effective technique, and induced no alteration of δ18Osilica, but practical constraints may limit the application of this method routinely. Our findings indicate that considerable caution is required when preparing sediment for isotope analysis of biogenic silica. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
| spellingShingle | Tyler, J Leng, M Sloane, H The effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silica |
| title | The effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silica |
| title_full | The effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silica |
| title_fullStr | The effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silica |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silica |
| title_short | The effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta(18)O measurements from biogenic silica |
| title_sort | effects of organic removal treatment on the integrity of delta 18 o measurements from biogenic silica |
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