Mg/Ca in foraminifera from plankton tows: Evaluation of proxy controls and comparison with core tops

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 113-125

  Martinez Boti M A ^a   Mortyn, P G ^a   Schmidt, D N ^b   Vance, D ^b   Field, D B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mg Ca paleothermometry; Planktic foraminifera; Plankton tows; Proxy validation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALIBRATION; LIFE CYCLE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CALIBRATION DATA; CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; PLANKTON TOWS; PROXY VALIDATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROXY; TEST COMPONENTS;

PLANKTON;

CALCIUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIFE CYCLE; MAGNESIUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRAP;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBOROTALIA INFLATA; GLOBOROTALIIDAE; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA INCOMPTA; ORBULINA UNIVERSA;

EID: 79957941295     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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