A field-based study on variation in Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca in larger benthic foraminifera

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Raja, Ramalingam ^a   Saraswati, Pratul Kumar ^a   Iwao, Kenji ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Akajima Marine Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Larger foraminifera; Mg Ca; Paleotemperature; Sr Ca; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749111892     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001478     Document Type: Article

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