Assessing the reliability of magnesium in foraminiferal calcite as a proxy for water mass temperatures

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 803-814

  Nürnberg, Dirk ^a,c   Bijma, Jelle ^a   Hemleben, Christoph ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FORAMINIFERA; FORAMINIFERAL CALCITE; MAGNESIUM; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TRACERS; WATER MASSES;

GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER;

EID: 0029749607     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00446-7     Document Type: Article

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