U/Ca in benthic foraminifers: A proxy for the deep-sea carbonate saturation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Raitzsch, Markus ^a   Kuhnert, Henning ^a   Hathorne, Ed C ^a,b   Groeneveld, Jeroen ^a   Bickert, Torsten ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

benthic foraminifera; carbonate saturation state; U Ca

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; SEAWATER; URANIUM;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CORE-TOP SAMPLES; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; IN-SITU; MARINE CARBONATES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SATURATION STATE; SOUTH ATLANTIC;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DEEP SEA; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM;

CIBICIDOIDES; FORAMINIFERA; PLANULINA;

EID: 79960033051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003344     Document Type: Article

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