Heavy metal incorporation in foraminiferal calcite: Results from multi-element enrichment culture experiments with Ammonia tepida

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2339-2350

  Munsel, D ^a   Kramar, U ^a   Dissard, D ^b   Nehrke, G ^b   Berner, Z ^a   Bijma, J ^b   Reichart, G J ^b,c   Neumann, T ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SHALLOW WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXIC MATERIAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA TEPIDA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79960470436     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2339-2010     Document Type: Article

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