Potassium phases and isotopic composition in modern marine biogenic carbonates ...
To investigate isotope fractionation between biogenic carbonates and modern seawater, we measured K concentration, phase, and isotopic composition in calcified skeletons from a variety of calcifying species. Samples included deep-sea corals, hermatypic corals, bivalves, gastropods, brachiopods, and...
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Elsevier Ltd
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17615/kztn-b383 https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/articles/ms35tk33d |
| Summary: | To investigate isotope fractionation between biogenic carbonates and modern seawater, we measured K concentration, phase, and isotopic composition in calcified skeletons from a variety of calcifying species. Samples included deep-sea corals, hermatypic corals, bivalves, gastropods, brachiopods, and planktonic foraminifera recovered globally over the past ten years in habitats with temperatures varying from 2 to 29 °C. The δ41K values of the calcified organisms vary significantly, ranging from −0.72 ± 0.11 to 0.94 ± 0.04‰. Deep-sea corals exhibit the largest isotopic variability and the lowest δ41K, ranging from −0.72 ± 0.11 to 0.28 ± 0.09‰. Hermatypic corals display a moderate δ41K, ranging from −0.20 ± 0.07 to 0.37 ± 0.10‰. Bivalves display widely variable δ41K values from 0.04 ± 0.05 to 0.94 ± 0.04‰, including the highest δ41K observed. Gastropods exhibit δ41K values between −0.42 ± 0.06 and −0.12 ± 0.06‰, while brachiopods have δ41K values from −0.30 ± 0.05 to 0.24 ± 0.06‰. Limited foraminifera samples (n ... |
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