Lithium isotopes in foraminifera shells as a novel proxy for the ocean dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-51

  Vigier, Nathalie ^a,c   Rollion Bard, Claire ^a,d   Levenson, Yaël ^b   Erez, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Calcite; DIC proxy; Foraminifera; Lithium isotope fractionation; PH; Temperature; ^{7< sup>Li}

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FORAMINIFERA; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; LITHIUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PH; SHELL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84926523156     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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