Meanings
nounDole effect (plural Dole effects)
plural Dole effects
- climatologyAn inequality observed in the ratio of the heavy isotope oxygen-18 to the lighter oxygen-16, measured in the atmosphere and seawater.
Origin
Named after American chemist Malcolm Dole.
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