The carbon and oxygen stable isotopic composition of cultured benthic foraminifera

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 303, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-154

  McCorkle, Daniel C ^a   Bernhard, Joan M ^a   Hintz, Christopher J ^b   Blanks, Jessica K ^b   Chandler, G Thomas ^b   Shaw, Timothy J ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BULIMINA ACULEATA; FORAMINIFERA; ROSALINA VILARDEBOANA;

EID: 72049105091     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP303.10     Document Type: Article

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