Application of benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios to questions of Cenozoic climate change

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 181-195

  Billups, K ^a   Schrag, D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Calcium; Cenozoic; Magnesium; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; MAGNESIUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0037446403     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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