Reconstructing ocean pH with boron isotopes in foraminifera

GL Foster, JWB Rae - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
In order to better understand the effect of CO2 on the Earth system in the future, geologists
may look to CO2-induced environmental change in Earth's past. Here we describe how CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Processes controlling the stable isotope compositions of Li, B, Mg and Ca in plants, soils and waters: A review

AD Schmitt, N Vigier, D Lemarchand, R Millot… - Comptes Rendus …, 2012 - Elsevier
Li, B, Mg and Ca isotopes became of increasing interest during the last decade due to their
potential for better constraining the carbon cycle and nutrient cycling. At the soil-water-plant …

CO2 storage and release in the deep Southern Ocean on millennial to centennial timescales

JWB Rae, A Burke, LF Robinson, JF Adkins, T Chen… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The cause of changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) during the recent ice ages is yet
to be fully explained. Most mechanisms for glacial–interglacial CO2 change have centred on …

Quantifying the pH 'vital effect'in the temperate zooxanthellate coral Cladocora caespitosa: Validation of the boron seawater pH proxy

J Trotter, P Montagna, M McCulloch, S Silenzi… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Boron isotopic and elemental systematics are used to define the vital effects for the
temperate shallow water Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa. The corals are from a …

Boron isotope systematics in large rivers: implications for the marine boron budget and paleo-pH reconstruction over the Cenozoic

D Lemarchand, J Gaillardet, E Lewin, CJ Allegre - Chemical Geology, 2002 - Elsevier
The chemical composition of the oceans and long-term climate changes are believed to be
linked. Reconstruction of seawater pH evolution is desirable as pH may be related to …

Evidence for ocean acidification in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia

G Wei, MT McCulloch, G Mortimer, W Deng… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2009 - Elsevier
Geochemical records preserved in the long-lived carbonate skeleton of corals provide one
of the few means to reconstruct changes in seawater pH since the commencement of the …

Interlaboratory comparison of boron isotope analyses of boric acid, seawater and marine CaCO3 by MC-ICPMS and NTIMS

GL Foster, B Hönisch, G Paris, GS Dwyer, JWB Rae… - Chemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study we make the first attempt to inter-calibrate boron isotope (δ 11 B) measurements
on marine biogenic carbonates measured by four different laboratories, each using a …

Intercomparison of boron isotope and concentration measurements. Part II: evaluation of results

R Gonfiantini, S Tonarini, M Gröning… - Geostandards …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse (IGG), on behalf and with the support of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), prepared eight geological materials (three …

Accuracy of stable Mg and Ca isotope data obtained by MC-ICP-MS using the standard addition method

ET Tipper, P Louvat, F Capmas, A Galy, J Gaillardet - Chemical Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
The standard addition method is evaluated to verify the accuracy and precision of Mg and
Ca isotope data with complex matrices, using the standard-sample bracketing technique …

Boron isotopic fractionation related to boron sorption on humic acid and the structure of surface complexes formed

E Lemarchand, J Schott, J Gaillardet - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2005 - Elsevier
Boron isotopic fractionation during adsorption onto Ca-flocculated Aldrich humic acid (HA)
has been investigated experimentally as a function of solution pH at 25° C and I= 0.15 M …