Strontium/Calcium ratio, carbon and oxygen stable isotopes in coccolith carbonate from different grain-size fractions in South Atlantic surface sediments

Geobios

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-164

  Fink, Christina ^a   Baumann, Karl Heinz ^a   Groeneveld, Jeroen ^b,c   Steinke, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coccolith; Coccolith carbonate; South Atlantic; Sr Ca; Stable isotopes; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COCCOLITH; DILUTION; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HELICOSPHAERA CARTERI;

EID: 76749094075     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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