A Cenozoic seawater Sr/Ca record from benthic foraminiferal calcite and its application in determining global weathering fluxes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 69-84

  Lear, C H ^a   Elderfield, H ^b   Wilson, P A ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic taxa; Global change; Paleoclimatology; Rivers; Seawater; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCITE; CENOZOIC; GLOBAL CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; WEATHERING;

EID: 0037443677     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01156-1     Document Type: Article

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