Sodium-Calcium Ratios in the Planktic Foraminifera Trilobatus Sacculifer as a Proxy for Sea Surface Salinity

• Main Author: Watkins, Colton Steele
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2020
• Subjects: Foraminifera; Paleoceanography; Proxy; Salinity; Sodium calcium; Trilobatus sacculifer; Biogeochemistry; Climate; Geochemistry; Lynch; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_etds/176; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&context=oeas_etds

Recent culture and field studies have found a significant positive correlation between seawater salinity and the incorporation of sodium into foraminiferal calcite, suggesting a potential new proxy for reconstructing past changes in sea surface salinity (SSS) (Mezger et al., 2016 and Bertlich et al....