Tropical sea‐surface temperature reconstruction for the early Paleogene using Mg/Ca ratios of planktonic foraminifera

AK Tripati, ML Delaney, JC Zachos… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
To understand the climate dynamics of hypothesized past greenhouse intervals, it is
essential to constrain tropical sea‐surface temperatures (SST), yet existing proxy records …

Evaluating the efficacy of planktonic foraminifer calcite δ18O data for sea surface temperature reconstruction for the Late Miocene

M Williams, AM Haywood, SP Taylor, PJ Valdes… - Geobios, 2005 - Elsevier
This study examines the efficacy of published δ18O data from the calcite of Late Miocene
surface dwelling planktonic foraminifer shells, for sea surface temperature estimates for the …

Reassessment of foraminiferal‐based tropical sea surface δ18O paleotemperatures

LD Stott, CM Tang - Paleoceanography, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
The possibility exists that the magnitude of Glacial/Holocene δ18O change in the tropical
oceans was previously under‐estimated due to the dampening effect of bioturbation on bulk …

Revisiting carbonate chemistry controls on planktic foraminifera Mg/Ca: Implications for sea surface temperature and hydrology shifts over the Paleocene–Eocene …

D Evans, BS Wade, M Henehan, J Erez… - Climate of the …, 2016 - cp.copernicus.org
Much of our knowledge of past ocean temperatures comes from the foraminifera Mg/Ca
palaeothermometer. Several nonthermal controls on foraminifera Mg incorporation have …

A comparison of three independent paleotemperature estimates from a high resolution record of deglacial SST records in the tropical South China Sea

DW Hastings, M Kienast, S Steinke… - AGU Fall Meeting …, 2001 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures (SST) is essential for understanding
processes that have controlled climate change throughout Earth's history. The amplitude of …

Extreme warming of tropical waters during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

T Aze, PN Pearson, AJ Dickson, MPS Badger… - …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), ca. 56 Ma, was a major global
environmental perturbation attributed to a rapid rise in the concentration of greenhouse …

Eocene sea temperatures for the mid-latitude southwest Pacific from Mg/Ca ratios in planktonic and benthic foraminifera

JB Creech, JA Baker, CJ Hollis, HEG Morgans… - Earth and planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
We have used laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to
measure elemental (Mg/Ca, Al/Ca, Mn/Ca, Zn/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca) ratios of 13 species of …

Abrupt hydrographic changes in the equatorial Pacific and subtropical Atlantic from foraminiferal Mg/Ca indicate greenhouse origin for the thermal maximum at the …

AK Tripati, H Elderfield - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The Paleocene‐Eocene Boundary (PEB) was marked by an extraordinary climatic event,
hypothesized to originate from a large perturbation to the carbon cycle which fueled global …

Equatorial sea-surface temperatures for the Maastrichtian revealed through remarkable preservation of metastable carbonate

PA Wilson, BN Opdyke - Geology, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The classic paleotemperature record based on δ18O data from pelagic foraminiferal calcite
suggests that equatorial sea-surface temperatures during the Maastrichtian (∼ 12–20° C) …

Late Eocene tropical sea surface temperatures: A perspective from Panama

A Tripati, J Zachos - Paleoceanography, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
We have reconstructed mean annual coastal temperatures and seasonality during the
Eocene (Priabonian; 36.6–40 Ma) using oxygen isotope profiles of shallow marine …