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SAMPLES of groundwater have been collected from the Chalk of the London Basin and the Lincolnshire Limestone in eastern England to determine the radiocarbon and the 13C/12C ratio in the dissolved carbonate species, and the 18O/16O and D/H ratios of the water. The results will be published more fully elsewhere, but here we report preliminary findings of the 13C/12C and 18O/16O ratios and their implications.
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SMITH, D., OTLET, R., DOWNING, R. et al. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of groundwaters from the Chalk and Lincolnshire Limestone. Nature 257, 783–784 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257783a0
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