Reconstruction of the Nd isotope composition of seawater on epicontinental seas: Testing the potential of Fe-Mn oxyhydroxide coatings on foraminifera tests for deep-time investigations

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-56

  Charbonnier, Guillaume ^a,b   Pucéat, Emmanuelle ^b   Bayon, Germain ^c   Desmares, Delphine ^d   Dera, Guillaume ^e   Durlet, Christophe ^b   Deconinck, Jean François ^b   Amédro, Francis ^b   Gourlan, Alexandra T ^f   Pellenard, Pierre ^b   Bomou, Brahimsamba ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84867638269     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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