Controls on boron incorporation in cultured tests of the planktic foraminifer Orbulina universa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 291-301

  Allen, Katherine A ^a   Hönisch, Bärbel ^a   Eggins, Stephen M ^b   Yu, Jimin ^a   Spero, Howard J ^c   Elderfield, Henry ^d  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron; Orbulina universa; PH proxy; Planktic foraminifera; Seawater carbonate system

Indexed keywords

B INCORPORATION; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBONATE SYSTEM; FORAMINIFERS; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; ORBULINA UNIVERSA; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH RANGE; PH SENSITIVE; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; SALINITY CHANGE;

BORON; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

BORON; CALCIUM; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARTITIONING; PH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SHELL;

FORAMINIFERA; ORBULINA UNIVERSA;

EID: 80052802934     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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