Calibrations for benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca paleothermometry and the carbonate ion hypothesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 633-649

  Elderfield, H ^a   Yu, J ^a   Anand, P ^b   Kiefer, T ^c   Nyland, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PAGES International Project Office   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; carbonate ion; magnesium; proxy; temperature

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL; CARBONATE ION; OXIDATIVE CLEANING; PROXY;

CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; OCEAN HABITATS; TEMPERATURE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNESIUM; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CIBICIDOIDES; CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; CIBICIDOIDES ROBERTSONIANUS; CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33749435955     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.041     Document Type: Article

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