Ecological controls on the shell geochemistry of pink and white Globigerinoides ruber in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for paleoceanographic reconstruction

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 82-83, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-37

  Richey, Julie N ^a   Poore, Richard Z ^b   Flower, Benjamin P ^a   Hollander, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminiferal size; Globigerinoides ruber; Gulf of Mexico; Mg Ca; Planktonic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCIFICATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GEOCHEMISTRY; HABITAT TYPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOLUTION; SHELL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; PIGMY BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 81255138402     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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