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
• Other Authors: Baker, Joel, Carter, Lionel, Dunbar, Gavin
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2011
• Subjects: Paleoceanography; Palaeoceanography; Climate change; Ocean temperature; Marr; Pacific; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://restrictedarchive.vuw.ac.nz//handle/123456789/5557; http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/4441

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...