The Mg/Ca-temperature relationship of benthic foraminiferal calcite: New core-top calibrations in the < 4 °C temperature range

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 523-530

  Healey, Stephanie L ^a   Thunell, Robert C ^a   Corliss, Bruce H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; carbonate ion; Mg Ca paleothermometry; paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER (BW); CARBONATE IONS; CORE-TOP SAMPLES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE; CORE ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CIBICIDOIDES; CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; FORAMINIFERA; ORIDORSALIS UMBONATUS; PYRGO MURRHANA;

EID: 48149090896     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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