Calibration of stable isotope composition of Thoracosphaera heimii (dinoflagellate) calcite for reconstructing paleotemperatures in the intermediate photic zone

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1111-1126

  Minoletti, Fabrice ^a,b   Hermoso, Michaël ^c   Candelier, Yaël ^a,b   Probert, Ian ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcareous dinoflagellate; culture and core top calibration; low latitude environment; sea surface temperature; stable isotope fractionation; vital effect

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DILUTION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHOTIC ZONE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE;

DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII;

EID: 84944652835     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014PA002694     Document Type: Article

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