Calibrating Mg/Ca ratios of multiple planktonic foraminiferal species with δ18O-calcification temperatures: Paleothermometry for the upper water column

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 324-336

  Regenberg, Marcus ^a,b   Steph, Silke ^c,d,e   Nürnberg, Dirk ^b   Tiedemann, Ralf ^c   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

calcification temperature calibration; core top sample; Mg Ca; planktonic foraminifera; stable oxygen isotope; tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION-TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION; CORE-TOP SAMPLE; MG/CA; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; BUILDINGS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CORE SAMPLES; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PAINT SPRAYING; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS;

CALIBRATION;

CALCIFICATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBOROTALIA CRASSAFORMIS; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII; GLOBOROTALIA TRUNCATULINOIDES;

EID: 60649102423     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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