Comparison of foraminiferal cleaning procedures for Mg/Ca paleothermometry on core material deposited under varying terrigenous-input and bottom water conditions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Weldeab, Syee ^a,b   Schneider, Ralph R ^c   Kölling, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparison study; Foraminiferal cleaning methods; Globigerinoides ruber; Mg Ca paleothermometry; Reductive step

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249298382     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000990     Document Type: Article

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