Boron, carbon, and oxygen isotopic composition of brachiopod shells: Intra-shell variability, controls, and potential as a paleo-pH recorder
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a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 10964-8000, USA b Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA c Department of Geosciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA d School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queen College, Flushing, NY, 11367-1597, USA e Department of Geology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, USA
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