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| Example of ostracod shell, genus Candona | |
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Once the cores are split, the sample is washed over a 63-micron sieve and shell specimens are picked using a binocular microscope. The oxygen isotope ratios of ostracods (shown here),
which precipitate shells or carapaces of calcite, are then measured.
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