Further constraints on the diagenetic influences and salinity effect on Globigerinoides ruber (white) Mg/Ca thermometry: Implications in the Mediterranean Sea

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Sabbatini, Anna ^a   Bassinot, Franck ^b   Boussetta, Soumaya ^c   Negri, Alessandra ^a   Rebaubier, Hélène ^b   Dewilde, Fabien ^b   Nouet, Julius ^d   Caillon, Nicolas ^b   Morigi, Caterina ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

early diagenetic calcite coating; foraminiferal Mg Ca; Mediterranean Sea; salinity

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; COATINGS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALCIFICATION TEMPERATURE; DATA SETS; DETECTION LIMITS; DIAGENETICS; EARLY DIAGENETIC CALCITE COATING; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EMPIRICAL CALIBRATION; FORAMINIFERAL MG/CA; HIGH SALINITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SALINITY; SALINITY EFFECTS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEM OBSERVATION; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TRACE AMOUNTS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; XRD;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; CORE ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; FORAMINIFERA; MAGNESIUM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 80055014240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003675     Document Type: Article

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