Dole effect

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after American chemist Malcolm Dole.

Noun[edit]

Dole effect (plural Dole effects)

  1. (climatology) An inequality observed in the ratio of the heavy isotope oxygen-18 to the lighter oxygen-16, measured in the atmosphere and seawater.

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