LA-ICP-MS Trace Element Analysis of Planktonic Foraminifera and Application to Marine Isotope Stage 31 in the Southwest Pacific Ocean

• Main Author: Bolton, Annette
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Paleoceanography; Palaeoceanography; Climate change; Ocean temperature; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 049999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 260199 Geology; Marsden: 260399 Geochemistry; Marsden: 260499 Oceanography; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; Pacific; Marsden; Marr; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17011361; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/LA-ICP-MS_Trace_Element_Analysis_of_Planktonic_Foraminifera_and_Application_to_Marine_Isotope_Stage_31_in_the_Southwest_Pacific_Ocean/17011361

Trace element/Ca ratios were measured by LA-ICP-MS in Gs. ruber and N. incompta from a wide range of core top and plankton tow samples in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, with particular focus on linking measured Mg/Ca ratios to observed (near-) surface ocean temperatures. Mean Mg/Ca ratios measured in...