Refining benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca-temperature calibrations using core-tops from the western tropical Atlantic: Implication for paleotemperature estimation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 929-946

  Tisserand, Amandine A ^a,b,c   Dokken, Trond M ^a,b   Waelbroeck, Claire ^d   Gherardi, Jeanne M ^a,d   Scao, Vincent ^a,d   Fontanier, Christophe ^e,f   Jorissen, Frans ^e,f  

^a Uni Research AS ^*  (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

benthic foraminiferal Mg Ca; core tops; equatorial thermocline; intermediate water temperature; western tropical Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL MG/CA; CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; CORE-TOPS; DEEP WATER TEMPERATURE; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; PALEO-TEMPERATURE ESTIMATIONS; WESTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

CALIBRATION;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; CORE ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOCLINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA SUBGLOBOSA; ORIDORSALIS UMBONATUS; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 84878411101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20043     Document Type: Article

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