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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