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THROUGH the investigations of A. O. Nier and co-workers1, it is known that the isotopic composition of carbon in living matter and related materials is different from that in carbonates.
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WICKMAN, F. Variations in the Relative Abundance of the Carbon Isotopes in Plants. Nature 169, 1051 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1691051a0
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