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=== &delta;<sup>18</sup>O ===
  
 
Oxygen has three naturally-occuring stable [[:Category:Isotope | isotopes]]: <sup>16</sup>O, <sup>17</sup>O, <sup>18</sup>O, with <sup>16</sup>O being the most abundant (99.762%).  
 
Oxygen has three naturally-occuring stable [[:Category:Isotope | isotopes]]: <sup>16</sup>O, <sup>17</sup>O, <sup>18</sup>O, with <sup>16</sup>O being the most abundant (99.762%).  

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δ18O

Oxygen has three naturally-occuring stable isotopes: 16O, 17O, 18O, with 16O being the most abundant (99.762%).

Two international reference standards are used to report variations in oxygen isotope standards: PDB and SMOW. The use of the PDB standard in reporting oxygen isotope composition is restricted to carbonates of low-temperature origins (e.g., oceanic, lacustrine ). The conversion between SMOW and PDB scales is given by:

 \delta^{18}O_{SMOW} = 1.03091 (\delta^{18}O_{PDB}) +30.91

δ18O may be measured on: