isotopic signature

collocation in English

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signature
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪɡ.nə.tʃər/us
/ˈsɪɡ.nə.tʃɚ/
your name written by yourself, always in the same way, usually to show that something has been written or agreed ...
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Even dramatic shifts in water level may not have altered theisotopicsignatureof the lake appreciably.
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That is to say, even large evaporative losses from the basin may not alter theisotopicsignatureof the water appreciably.
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However, isotopic ratio measurements alone are unreliable as biogenic processes can yield a variableisotopicsignatureand can often be replicated under certain abiotic conditions.
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Graphite from the veins even has a heavierisotopicsignaturethan the overgrowths described above.
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The similar strontiumisotopicsignatureof the white calcites and the limestones also indicates a buffering of the strontium isotopic composition of the fluids by the host-rock.
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The diet of the victims would also affect theirisotopicsignature.
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Their age and origin can be determined by theirisotopicsignature.
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B enrichment in seawater relative to both oceanic crust and continental crust; this difference may act as anisotopicsignature.
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Water in equilibrium with igneous melts should bear the sameisotopicsignaturefor oxygen-18 and deuterium.
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Grains bearing theisotopicsignatureof rapid neutron capture process and alpha capture process of nucleosynthesis are useful in testing models of supernovae explosions.
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Isotope data on hydrothermal solutions spatially associated with igneous intrusions should reflect thisisotopicsignature.
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Isotope ratio mass spectrometry can be used to detect addition of corn syrup and cane sugar by the carbonisotopicsignature.
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After irradiation, samples are heated in a series of steps and the xenonisotopicsignatureof the gas evolved in each step is analysed.
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Theisotopicsignatureprofiling is useful in cases where other kinds of profiling, e.g. characterization of impurities, are not optimal.
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Evidence has shown this to be from mankind's consumption of oil, coal, and gas instead of from volcanic eruptions due to theisotopicsignatureof the carbon dioxide.
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The subducting slabs carry volatile compounds and water into the mantle, as well as crustal material with anisotopicsignaturedifferent from that of primitive mantle.
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C, it is possible to use theseisotopicsignaturein earth science.
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Therefore, isotopic signatures which integrate responses over the life-time of a leaf can be used to study the history of stomatal limitation.
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