Laboratory-grown coccoliths exhibit no vital effect in clumped isotope (Δ47) composition on a range of geologically relevant temperatures

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 208, Issue , 2017, Pages 335-353

  Katz, Amandine ^a   Bonifacie, Magali ^a   Hermoso, Michaël ^b   Cartigny, Pierre ^a   Calmels, Damien ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate clumped isotopes; Coccolithophores; Laboratory culture; Sea surface temperature proxy; Vital effects

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COCCOLITH; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FORAMINIFERA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 85018471567     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.025     Document Type: Article

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