Mg/Ca in the planktonic foraminifera Globorotalia inflata and Globigerinoides bulloides from Western Mediterranean plankton tow and core top samples

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 101-112

  van Raden, Ulrike Jannette ^a,c   Groeneveld, Jeroen ^b,d   Raitzsch, Markus ^b,e   Kucera, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite saturation state; Habitat depth; Mediterranean; Mg Ca paleothermometry; Paleoceanography; Planktonic foraminifera; Recent

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM; ENCRUSTATION; MAGNESIUM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SAMPLING; SATURATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA;

EID: 79651473006     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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