Boron-Calcium ratio of benthic foraminifera shell samples from IODP Site 363-U1489

• Main Authors: Dang, Haowen, Wu, Qiong, Hu, Lili, Wan, Sui, Jian, Zhimin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: 363-U1489C; 363-U1489D; AGE; B/Ca of benthic foraminifera; CDRILL; Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi; Boron/Calcium ratio; Core drilling; Date/Time of event; DEPTH; sediment/rock; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; DSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation; Eauripik Rise; North Pacific Ocean; Elevation of event; Event label; Exp363; Inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS); International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Site U1489; IODP Depth Scale Terminology; Joides Resolution; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Sample code/label; Species; unique identification; unique identification (Semantic URI); unique identification (URI); western equatorial Pacific; Δ carbonate ion content; εNd of planktonic foraminifera; Pacific; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.951319

Foraminifera samples from the deep-sea sediment of an International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Site 363-U1489 (2º7.19'N, 141º1.67'E, water depth 3421 m), Western Equatorial Pacific, were measured for the Boron/Calcium ratios on the shells of benthic foraminifera (Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi), covering the time-interval from 4 to 2 Ma with an average time-resolution of ~20 ka. The measurements were performed by an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS, Instrument type VG-X7) at the State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. results are used to decipher changes in the carbonate-ion concentration of the deep Pacific during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition.