%0 Book Section %A McArthur, JM %A Howarth, RJ %A Shields, GA %B The Geologic Time Scale 2012 %D 2012 %F discovery:10095845 %I Elsevier %P 127-144 %T Strontium isotope stratigraphy %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095845/ %X The 87Sr/86Sr value of Sr dissolved in the world’s oceans varied though time in a known way, facts that allow 87Sr/86Sr to be used to date and to correlate marine sedimentary rocks worldwide. In this work, the variation in 87Sr/86Sr is displayed graphically and the theory and practice of the methodology is discussed. %Z This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.