Benthic foraminiferal B/Ca ratios reflect deep water carbonate saturation state

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 73-86

  Yu, Jimin ^a   Elderfield, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; boron; carbonate ion concentration; proxy

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL; ION CONCENTRATION; PALEOCHEMICAL PROXY; WATER MASS;

BORON; CALCIUM; CARBONATES; DISSOLUTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROTOZOA; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BORON; CALCIUM; CARBONATE; DEEP WATER; DISSOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SATURATION;

CIBICIDOIDES; CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; FORAMINIFERA; HOGLUNDINA ELEGANS; UVIGERINA;

EID: 34249077361     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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