Influence of test size, water depth, and ecology on Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, δ 18O and δ 13C in nine modern species of planktic foraminifers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-145

  Friedrich, Oliver ^a   Schiebel, Ralf ^a,d   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Weldeab, Syee ^c   Beer, Christopher J ^a   Cooper, Matthew J ^a   Fiebig, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Core top; Dissolution; Ecology; Mg Ca; Planktic foraminifera; Plankton tow

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN SEA; CORE-TOP; CORE-TOP SAMPLES; DIAGENETICS; EARLY DIAGENESIS; FORAMINIFERS; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; PLANKTON TOW; SEA FLOOR; SIEVE FRACTIONS; SIZE FRACTION; SIZE RANGES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEST SIZE; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

ECOLOGY;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; DEGRADATION; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; MAGNESIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEAFLOOR; TESTING METHOD; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); INDIAN OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; ORBULINA UNIVERSA;

EID: 84856060157     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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