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Convert heavy-to-light isotope ratio to delta values.

Source: R/isotope_conversions.R
R_to_delta.Rd

Converts a heavy-to-light stable isotope ratio to a corresponding delta value, in per mil values.

Usage

R_to_delta(R_values, element)

Arguments

R_values

A vector of isotope ratios (e.g., R values).

element

Which element to return delta values - carbon, oxygen, or hydrogen.

Value

Vector of isotope ratios in delta notation.

Author

Rich Fiorella rfiorella@lanl.gov

Examples

R_to_delta(R_values = 2005.20e-6, element = 'oxygen') # returns 0.
#> [1] 0