Biological and ecological insights into Ca isotopes in planktic foraminifers as a palaeotemperature proxy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 292-302

  Kasemann, Simone A ^a   Schmidt, Daniela N ^b   Pearson, Paul N ^c   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcium isotopes; ion microprobe; palaeotemperature; planktic foraminifers; proxy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; CALCIFICATION TEMPERATURE; CALCIUM ISOTOPES; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FORAMINIFERS; GENERAL (CO); HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN SURFACES; SEA-SURFACE-TEMPERATURE (SST);

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CALCIUM; EOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 45049087093     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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