“…The Bhima Basin limestone samples were more reactive and were thus treated briefly with cold 2M HNO 3 . Trace element data for the carbonate fractions (not published in Joy et al, , for space reasons) show some hallmarks of marine carbonates, such as mild Ce depletion, high LREE/HFSE, low Rb/Sr, high Ca, and low Ti. In obviously complex open systems such as these limestones, this was considered encouraging, and the HNO 3 extracts were thus used for the Pb‐Sr isotope work.…”