%L discovery10095845 %I Elsevier %O This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. %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. %B The Geologic Time Scale 2012 %T Strontium isotope stratigraphy %A JM McArthur %A RJ Howarth %A GA Shields %D 2012 %P 127-144