A culture-based calibration of benthic foraminiferal paleotemperature proxies: δ 18O and Mg/Ca results

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1335-1347

  Filipsson, H L ^a   Bernhard, J M ^b   Lincoln, S A ^c   McCorkle, D C ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIFICATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; LEGUME; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONTOGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLASMA; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

BULIMINA; BULIMINA ACULEATA; BULIMINA MARGINATA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 80051484040     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1335-2010     Document Type: Article

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