New spatial Mg/Ca-temperature calibrations for three Arctic, benthic foraminifera and reconstruction of north Iceland shelf temperature for the past 4000 years

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Kristjansdottir G B ^a,b   Lea, D W ^c   Jennings, A E ^a   Pak, D K ^c   Belanger, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthic foraminifera; Iceland shelf; Mg Ca; Shelf environment; Temperature calibrations

Indexed keywords

EID: 48149110556     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001425     Document Type: Article

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