Effect of Mg/Ca ratio in seawater on shell composition in shallow benthic foraminifera

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Segev, Einat ^a   Erez, Jonathan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcification; Foraminifera; Mg Ca; Partition coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949129209     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000969     Document Type: Article

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