Evaluation of the biogeochemical controls on B/Ca of Globigerinoides ruber white from the Oceanic Flux Program, Bermuda

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 404, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-76

  Babila, Tali L ^a   Rosenthal, Yair ^a   Conte, Maureen H ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Globigerinoides ruber; Planktonic foraminifera; Sediment trap

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BORON; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT TRAPS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; OCEANIC CARBONATE SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEDIMENT CALIBRATION; TIME-SERIES SEDIMENT TRAP;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

BARIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRAP; TEMPERATURE;

BERMUDA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 84905868567     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.053     Document Type: Article

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