δ 18 O sw estimate for Globigerinoides ruber from core-top sediments in the East China Sea

• Main Authors: Horikawa, Keiji, Kodaira, Tomohiro, Zhang, Jing, Murayama, Masafumi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: Oxygen isotope composition of seawater; Reconstruction of sea surface salinity; Mg/Ca–temperature; Globigerinoides ruber; East China Sea; Hastings; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://www.progearthplanetsci.com/content/2/1/19

Abstract The paired analyses of the Mg/Ca ratio and oxygen isotopic composition ( δ 18 O c ) of surface-dwelling planktonic foraminifera have become a widely used method for reconstructing the oxygen isotopic composition of ambient seawater ( δ 18 O sw ) as a robust proxy for surface salinity. Globi...