Core-top calibration of B/Ca in Pacific Ocean Neogloboquadrina incompta and Globigerina bulloides as a surface water carbonate system proxy

NBQ Krupinski, AD Russell, DK Pak… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Practical methods for reconstructing past ocean carbonate chemistry are needed to study
past periods of ocean acidification and improve understanding of the marine carbonate …

A core‐top study of dissolution effect on B/Ca in Globigerinoides sacculifer from the tropical Atlantic: Potential bias for paleo‐reconstruction of seawater carbonate …

R Coadic, F Bassinot, D Dissard… - Geochemistry …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
It has been recently shown that B/Ca in planktonic foraminiferal calcite can be used as a
proxy for seawater pH. Based on the study of surface sediments (multi‐cores) retrieved …

The planktic foraminiferal B/Ca proxy for seawater carbonate chemistry: A critical evaluation

KA Allen, B Hönisch - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
The ratio of boron to calcium (B/Ca) in the carbonate tests of planktic foraminifers has been
proposed as a proxy for surface ocean pH or carbonate ion concentration [Formula: see …

Calibration of the B/Ca proxy in the planktic foraminifer Orbulina universa to Paleocene seawater conditions

LL Haynes, B Hönisch, KA Dyez, K Holland… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The B/Ca ratio of planktic foraminiferal calcite, a proxy for the surface ocean carbonate
system, displays large negative excursions during the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal …

Benthic foraminiferal B/Ca ratios reflect deep water carbonate saturation state

J Yu, H Elderfield - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Boron/calcium ratios were measured in four benthic foraminiferal species (three calcitic:
Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, Cibicidoides mundulus, and Uvigerina spp., and one aragonitic …

A core-top calibration of B/Ca in the benthic foraminifers Nuttallides umbonifera and Oridorsalis umbonatus: A proxy for Cenozoic bottom water carbonate saturation

RE Brown, LD Anderson, E Thomas… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
We present modern B/Ca core-top calibrations for the epifaunal benthic foraminifer
Nuttallides umbonifera and the infaunal Oridorsalis umbonatus to test whether B/Ca values …

Evaluating the utility of B/Ca ratios in planktic foraminifera as a proxy for the carbonate system: A case study of Globigerinoides ruber

MJ Henehan, GL Foster, JWB Rae… - Geochemistry …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
B/Ca ratios in foraminifera have attracted considerable scientific attention as a proxy for past
ocean carbonate system. However, the carbonate system controls on B/Ca ratios are not …

B/Ca in planktonic foraminifera as a proxy for surface seawater pH

J Yu, H Elderfield, B Hönisch - Paleoceanography, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Boron isotope systematics indicate that boron incorporation into foraminiferal CaCO3 is
determined by the partition coefficient, KD (=), and [B (OH) 4−/HCO3−] seawater, providing …

Evaluating the planktic foraminiferal B/Ca proxy for application to deep time paleoceanography

LL Haynes, B Hönisch, K Holland, Y Rosenthal… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenozoic Era has been characterized by large perturbations to the oceanic
carbon cycle and global climatic changes, but quantifying the magnitude and cause of these …

A 20 million year record of planktic foraminiferal B/Ca ratios: Systematics and uncertainties in pCO2 reconstructions

AK Tripati, CD Roberts, RA Eagle, G Li - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
We use new and published data representing a 20 million long record to discuss the
systematics of interpreting planktic foraminiferal B/Ca ratios. B/Ca-based reconstructions of …