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Jul 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009e%26psl.284..583h&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 284, Issue 3-4, p. 583-589.
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Planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios have become a fundamental temperature proxy in past climate reconstructions. However, in the highly evaporative seas of the tropics and subtropics, anomalously high planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios arise, possibly linked to high salinities. The extent to which salinity affects Mg uptake into foraminiferal calcite remains disputed. Some studies suggest only minor salinity effects, whereas others suggest a dominant role. Here, we present new data from the highly saline (> 40) Red Sea, which separate pure foraminiferal calcite from other phases. The results show that high Mg/Ca ratios (7 to 13 mmol/mol), found by conventional analysis of planktonic foraminifera from a Red Sea sediment core, are not caused by increased Mg uptake into foraminiferal calcite in a high salinity setting (e.g. beyond those predicted by culturing studies), but instead result from secondary high Mg-calcite overgrowths. The overgrowths likely formed near the sediment-seawater interface, from CaCO3 supersaturated interstitial seawater.
Elderfield Harry
Hayward Chris
Hoogakker Babette A. A.
Klinkhammer Gary P.
Rohling Eelco J.
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