STABLE ISOTOPES IN MODERN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA - A STUDY OF VITAL EFFECT Academic Article

abstract

• Fundamental to the application of stable isotopes in paleoenvironmental studies is an understanding of the processes influencing the isotopic composition of biogenic carbonate. This paper examines carbon and oxygen isotopic equilibrium in foraminiferal calcite and aragonite, and the characteristics and causes of disequilibria (i.e., vital effect). Carbon isotopic compositions of certain benthic foraminifera record the chemistry of pore waters rather than bottom waters. Isotopic fractionation between the aragonitic Hoeglundina and ambient DIC shows a temperature dependence of -0.11per mille per oC. No temperature dependence is observed in the carbon isotopic fractionation of Uvigerina spp. -from Author

authors

• Grossman, Ethan

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH

author list (cited authors)

• GROSSMAN, E. L.

citation count

• 155

complete list of authors

• GROSSMAN, EL

publication date

• January 1987

publisher

• Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Foraminiferal Research  Journal

keywords

• 31 Biological Sciences
• 3103 Ecology
• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3705 Geology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2113/gsjfr.17.1.48

start page

• 48

end page

• 61

volume

• 17

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.17.1.48