Haven't been following this, but how about
isotope_ratio_of_18O_to_16O_in_H2O (or H2O_molecules or water_molecules)
best,
Karl
On 5/8/18 7:26 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
Dear Martin and Alison
10, 11: yes, this is the ratio of oxygen isotope atoms in the sea water molecules. It is
true that "sea_water" generally refers to the water and the material dissolved
and suspended in it, so these names are perhaps confusing. Perhaps is should be
isotope_ratio_of_18O_to_16O_in_sea_water_molecules?
I appreciate this difficulty, but I think that the distinction between
in_sea_water and in_sea_water_molecules wouldn't be easily grasped. Since "sea
water" is the name of the medium, all the molecules in it (including those of
compounds dissolved and suspended) are "sea water molecules" in some sense.
Maybe we could be more explicit e.g.
isotope_ratio_of_18O_to_16O_in_sea_water_excluding_solutes_and_solids
Best wishes
Jonathan
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