Effect of ambient Mg/Ca ratio on Mg fractionation in calcareous marine invertebrates: A record of the oceanic Mg/Ca ratio over the Phanerozoic

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 981-984

  Ries, Justin B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Cretaceous; Echinoderms; Mg fractionation; Paleotemperature; Seawater Mg Ca ratio

Indexed keywords

SERPULLID WORMS; SHRIMPS; SKELETAL CHEMISTRY;

ALGORITHMS; CALCIUM; GEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SEAWATER;

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECHINODERM; FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHANEROZOIC; SEAWATER;

EID: 9144244267     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20851.1     Document Type: Article

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