A top-down and bottom-up comparison of paleoproductivity proxies: Calcareous nannofossil Sr/Ca ratios and benthic foraminiferal accumulation rates

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Waite, A J ^a,b   Gibbs, S J ^c   Diester Haass, L ^d   Rickaby, R E M ^e   Billups, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BFAR; Ceara Rise; Coccoliths; Pliocene; Productivity; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749089934     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001812     Document Type: Article

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