Mg/Ca in the benthic foraminifera Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi and Cibicidoides mundulus: Temperature versus carbonate ion saturation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Yu, Jimin ^a   Elderfield, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bottom water temperature; carbonate ion saturation; Cibicidoides mundulus; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi; magnesium calcium

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER TEMPERATURE; CARBONATE ION SATURATION; CIBICIDOIDES MUNDULUS; CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; MAGNESIUM/CALCIUM;

BATHYMETRY; CARBONATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; IONS; LEACHING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACKWARD WAVE TUBES;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; CALCIUM; CARBONATE; INTERGLACIAL; ION; LAST GLACIAL; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; SATURATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CIBICIDOIDES; CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; CIBICIDOIDES WUELLERSTORFI; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 55549116646     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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