Examining possible effects of seawater pH decline on foraminiferal stable isotopes during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Uchikawa, Joji ^a   Zeebe, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DEEP WATER; HYPSITHERMAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERTURBATION; PH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77954331795     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001864     Document Type: Article

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