The influence of salinity on Mg/Ca in planktic foraminifers - Evidence from cultures, core-top sediments and complementary δ 18 O
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2013
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Hönisch, Bärbel
Allen, Katherine A.
Lea, David W
Spero, Howard
Eggins, Stephen
Arbuszewski, Jennifer
deMenocal, P.B.
Rosenthal, Y
Russell, Ann
Elderfield, H
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Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd
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The Mg/Ca ratio in foraminiferal calcite is one of the principal proxies used for paleoceanographic temperature reconstructions, but recent core-top sediment observations suggest that salinity may exert a significant secondary control on planktic foramini
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Keywords: calcite; calcium; dissolution; habitat selection; magnesium; oxygen isotope; paleosalinity; planktonic foraminifera; reconstruction; sediment core; temperature effect; Foraminifera; Globigerinoides ruber; Globigerinoides sacculifer; Orbulina universa
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
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