Mg/Ca-temperature proxy in benthic foraminifera: New calibrations from the Florida Straits and a hypothesis regarding Mg/Li

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bryan, Sean P ^a   Marchitto, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

STRAITS OF FLORIDA;

FORAMINIFERA; HOGLUNDINA ELEGANS; PLANULINA ARIMINENSIS; PLANULINA FOVEOLATA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 50649111957     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001553     Document Type: Article

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