A biomineralization model for the incorporation of trace elements into foraminiferal calcium carbonate

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 409-423

  Elderfield, H ^a   Bertram, C J ^a   Erez, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Calcium carbonate; Foraminifera; Model; Partition coefficients; Strontium

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FORAMINIFERA; STRONTIUM;

EID: 0030485121     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00105-7     Document Type: Article

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