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Converts delta value to heavy-to-light isotope ratio

Source: R/isotope_conversions.R
delta_to_R.Rd

Converts a delta value (in per mil) to the heavy-to-light isotope ratio.

Usage

delta_to_R(delta_values, element)

Arguments

delta_values

A vector of isotope ratios in delta notation.

element

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

Value

Vector of isotope ratios (R values).

Author

Rich Fiorella rfiorella@lanl.gov

Examples

delta_to_R(delta_values = 0, element = 'oxygen') # 2005.2e-6 for VSMOW.
#> [1] 0.0020052