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 …

Kinetic fractionation of non-traditional stable isotopes by diffusion and crystal growth reactions

JM Watkins, DJ DePaolo… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Natural variations in the isotopic composition of some 50 chemical elements are now being
used in geochemistry for studying transport processes, estimating temperature …

Coralline algae elevate pH at the site of calcification under ocean acidification

CE Cornwall, S Comeau… - Global change biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Coralline algae provide important ecosystem services but are susceptible to the impacts of
ocean acidification. However, the mechanisms are uncertain, and the magnitude is species …

Trace element proxies for surface ocean conditions: A synthesis of culture calibrations with planktic foraminifera

KA Allen, B Hönisch, SM Eggins, LL Haynes… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The trace element composition of planktic foraminiferal calcite provides a useful means of
determining past surface ocean conditions. We have assembled the results of culture …

Effect of growth rate and pH on lithium incorporation in calcite

A Füger, F Konrad, A Leis, M Dietzel… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbonates are only a minor sink of oceanic lithium, yet the presence of this element and its
abundance relative to other metal cations in natural carbonate minerals is routinely used as …

Zinc isotope fractionation during the inorganic precipitation of calcite–Towards a new pH proxy

V Mavromatis, AG González, M Dietzel… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Zinc was co-precipitated with calcite in mixed-flow reactors at 25° C and 6.1≤ pH≤ 8.5 to
quantify Zn isotope fractionation between calcite and the reactive fluid. The results suggest …

Crystallographic control on the boron isotope paleo-pH proxy

J Noireaux, V Mavromatis, J Gaillardet, J Schott… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
When using the boron isotopic composition (δ 11 B) of marine carbonates as a seawater pH
proxy, it is assumed that only the tetrahedral borate ion is incorporated into the growing …

A symmetrical CO2 peak and asymmetrical climate change during the middle Miocene

S Ji, J Nie, A Lechler, KW Huntington… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the future trajectory of Earth's climate requires knowledge of shifts in
atmospheric CO 2 concentrations during past warm episodes. The Miocene Climatic …

Factors affecting B/Ca ratios in synthetic aragonite

M Holcomb, TM DeCarlo, GA Gaetani, M McCulloch - Chemical Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Measurements of B/Ca ratios in marine carbonates have been suggested to record seawater
carbonate chemistry, however experimental calibration of such proxies based on inorganic …

Mechanism of dissolution reactivity and reactions of various calcium borate glasses and glass-ceramics

T Yin, WC Lepry, P Hudon, P Ouzilleau… - Journal of Non …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of calcium addition on boron coordination and ion release
in deionized water (DIW) of five melt-quench-derived compositions: xCaO-(100-x) B 2 O 3 …