Hi Brian,
I completely agree.
However please be aware that light stable isotopes - the overwhelming topic of this list, and the ones specifically mentioned in the opinion article - represent a small fraction of the periodic table, even if they’re a large fraction of stable isotope data generated each year (for now). There are isotopes of He, so-called "non-traditional stable isotopes" (ranging from Li to U), stable isotopes produced by radiogenic decay that are themselves stable (Sr, Hf, Nd, Pb), and the whole chronologic community.
Personally, I would not worry about isotopes related to measurements involving stable AND radioactive isotopes (e.g. U and Pb), because these are normally studied in the context of dating. I imagine IsoBank as a repository of stable isotopes used as tracers. But it would be a mistake, IMHO, to restrict this to light stable isotopes.
Best,
Matt
> On Mar 21, 2017, at 10:02 PM, ISOGEOCHEM automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:10:50 +0000
> From: Brian Hayden <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Why we need a centralized repository for isotopic data
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> Hi all,
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> The last few years have seen a groundswell of support for the idea of a centralized repository for stable isotope data. I have talked about this at the last two IsoEcol meetings and there are several researchers on this list actively working towards this goal. Last year, Jon Paul, Seth Newsome and others brought a few of us who are interested in this kind of thing to New Mexico to try put some structure on what a repository for stable isotope data should look like. I’m pleased to say that one of the outcomes of that meeting was an opinion article which has just been published in PNAS (http://www.pnas.org/content/114/12/2997.full.pdf). There are many challenges to building a reliable and effective repository for stable isotope data but we hope that this paper at least serves as a ‘call to arms’ for the isotope community to achieve this goal. Anyone interested in contributing this this effort please keep in contact as there will hopefully be more developments on this front later in 2017.
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> All the best,
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> Brian
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