Seasonal Mg/Ca variability of N. pachyderma (s) and G. bulloides: Implications for seawater temperature reconstruction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 376, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-144

  Jonkers, Lukas ^a,d   Jiménez Amat, Patricia ^a   Mortyn, P Graham ^a,b   Brummer, Geert Jan A ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mg Ca temperature proxy; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera; Sediment trap; Stable oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION TEMPERATURE; HABITAT DIFFERENCES; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORTH ATLANTIC; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RECONSTRUCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84882911416     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.06.019     Document Type: Article

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