Calibration of Mg/Ca thermometry in planktonic foraminifera from a sediment trap time series

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Anand, Pallavi ^a   Elderfield, Henry ^a   Conte, Maureen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Foraminifera; Magnesium; Planktonic; Sediment trap; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; MAGNESIUM; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT TRAP; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SARGASSO SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0142026843     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000846     Document Type: Article

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