A core-top study of dissolution effect on B/Ca in Globigerinoides sacculifer from the tropical Atlantic: Potential bias for paleo-reconstruction of seawater carbonate chemistry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1053-1068

  Coadic, R ^a   Bassinot, F ^a   Dissard, D ^b   Douville, E ^a   Greaves, M ^c   Michel, E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; B Ca; dissolution; planktonic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; MULTI-CORES; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SIERRA LEONE RISE; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WATER DEPTH;

PH EFFECTS;

BORON; CALCITE; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; PH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELL; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SIERRA LEONE;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES SACCULIFER;

EID: 84878384661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004296     Document Type: Article

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