Refining Globigerinoides ruber Mg/Ca paleothermometry in the Atlantic Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 383, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-133

  Hertzberg, Jennifer E ^a   Schmidt, Matthew W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Dissolution; Foraminifera; Mg Ca; Salinity; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL TRANSECT; CALCIFICATION TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; FORAMINIFERA; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; DISSOLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CALCIFICATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; GYRE; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; SHELL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 84885723088     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.044     Document Type: Article

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