Mg/Ca ratios of the benthic foraminifera Oridorsalis umbonatus obtained by laser ablation from core top sediments: Relationship to bottom water temperature

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Rathmann, Söhnke ^a   Hess, Silvia ^a   Kuhnert, Henning ^a   Mulitza, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Laser ablation ICP MS; Marine geochemistry; Mg Ca thermometry; Temperature; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249742404     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000808     Document Type: Article

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