Dear List members,
I would also like to know if there is any recent knowledge/literature on the impact of EtOH, DMSO, and formaldehyde on isotope signatures in animal tissues. Specifically on fish/shark tissue.

If not I am setting up an experiment to do so.

I have recently set-up an IRMS at the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Darwin Australia.

Cheers

catherine


Catherine Pratt, Ph.D
AIMS/CDU Research Fellow
Arafura Timor Sea Research Facility (ATRF)
23 Ellengowan Dve, Brinkin Darwin
N.T. Australia 0909 PO Box 40197
Ph:   (08) 8920 9251
Fax:  (08) 8920 9988


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Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] Impact of formaldehyde/alcohol on biogenic carbonates

Laura, I will check on the status of a paper local prof working on. There is a problem with preservatives and otoliths.
Bob

> 
> Dear List members,
> 
> Does anyone have any experience or know of any literature which 
> discusses the impact of using biological preservation fluids such as 
> formaldehyde/alcohol on the geochemistry of biogenic carbonates (trace 
> elements and/or isotopes).
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Best wishes
> Laura
> 
> Laura Foster
> Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften IFM-GEOMAR Dienstgebäude 
> Ostufer Wischhofstr. 1-3
> 24148 Kiel
> Germany
> 
> Telephone: +49 (0)431 600-2109
> Fax:+49 (0)431 600-2805
> 
> 
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>