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| | 12-Ion Microprobe Analysis |
 | | In particular, stable isotope ratios can be used to constrain theories of fluid sources, pathways, and fluxes, mechanisms of mineral reaction and exchange, and thermal evolution. |
 | | Commonly, analyses have been made of splits, prepared from much larger samples with the implicit assumption that measured compositions are representative of the sample as a whole and thus that samples are homogeneous at the centimeter scale or larger. |
 | | Table 1 summarizes the capabilities of various techniques that are available for analysis of stable isotope ratios. |
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