The planktic foraminiferal B/Ca proxy for seawater carbonate chemistry: A critical evaluation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 345-348, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-211

  Allen, Katherine A ^a   Hönisch, Bärbel ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Paleo pCO 2; PH proxy; Planktic foraminifera; Seawater carbonate system

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION METHOD; CARBON CYCLES; CARBONATE IONS; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE TRANSITION; CRITICAL EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FORAMINIFERS; FOSSIL RECORDS; PALEO-PCO 2; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; PROXY RECONSTRUCTION; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; SECONDARY INFLUENCES; SURFACE OCEAN; THEORETICAL BASIS; WILD SPECIMENS;

BORON; CALIBRATION; CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEAWATER;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

BORON; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; PH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84864092587     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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