A 20 million year record of planktic foraminiferal B/Ca ratios: Systematics and uncertainties in pCO2 reconstructions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2582-2610

  Tripati, Aradhna K ^a,b,c   Roberts, Christopher D ^c   Eagle, Robert A ^d   Li, Gaojun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BORON; CARBONATE SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEAWATER;

CITRUS MAXIMA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79955097409     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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