Single chamber Mg/Ca analyses of Globigerinoides ruber for paleo-proxy calibration using femtosecond LA-ICP-MS
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2024-06-04
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Mg/Ca is an independent proxy in paleoceanography to reconstruct past seawater temperature. Femtosecond Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (fs-LA-ICP-MS) was employed to determine the Mg/Ca composition of tests (shells) of the planktic foraminifer species Globigerinoides ruber albus (white chromotype) and G. ruber ruber (red/pink chromotype) sampled alive from the temperate to subtropical eastern North Atlantic with the research sailing yacht Eugen Seibold. Mg/Ca data are compared to (i) the measured in-situ temperature of ambient seawater, (ii) average mixed layer temperature, and (iii) sea surface temperature (SST). The pooled mean chamber Mg/Ca from each plankton tow site exhibits a positive relationship with SST. Two chamber-specific calibrations are derived, which are consistent with previous calibration equations for comparable paleo-archives. The results confirm fs-LA-ICP-MS as reliable method for determining Mg/Ca in G. ruber, and both the penultimate and antepenultimate chambers of adult specimens may provide comprehensible Mg/Ca temperatures of the surface ocean.
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11 (1)
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583
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Nature