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Stolarski J, Coronado I, Potocka M, Janiszewska K, Mazur M, Baronnet A, Cruz JA, Grauby O, Meibom A. Post-mortem recrystallization of biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate guided by the inherited macromolecular framework. Sci Rep 2024; 14:17304. [PMID: 39068177 PMCID: PMC11283521 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68037-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
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In contrast to abiotically formed carbonates, biogenetic carbonates have been observed to be nanocomposite, organo-mineral structures, the basic build-blocks of which are particles of quasi-uniform size (10-100 nm) organized into complex higher-order hierarchical structures, typically with highly controlled crystal-axis alignments. Some of these characteristics serve as criteria for inferring a biological origin and the state of preservation of fossil carbonate materials, and to determine whether the biomineralization process was biologically induced or controlled. Here we show that a calcium storage structure formed by the American lobster, a gastrolith initially consisting of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) and amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP), post-mortem can crystallize into (thus secondary) calcite with structural properties strongly influenced by the inherited organic matrix. This secondary calcite meets many structural criteria for biominerals (thus called the biomorphic calcite), but differs in trace element distributions (e.g., P and Mg). Such observations refine the capability to determine whether a fossil carbonates can be attributed to biogenic processes, with implications for the record of life on Earth and other terrestrial planets.
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- Jarosław Stolarski
- Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00818, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Leon, Campus of Vegazana S/N, 24071, Leon, Spain
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- Department of Antarctic Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00818, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02093, Warsaw, Poland
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- UMR 7325, CINaM, CNRS - Aix Marseille Université, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Leon, Campus of Vegazana S/N, 24071, Leon, Spain
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- UMR 7325, CINaM, CNRS - Aix Marseille Université, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Center for Advanced Surface Analysis, Institute of Earth Sciences, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Adams A, Daval D, Baumgartner LP, Bernard S, Vennemann T, Cisneros-Lazaro D, Stolarski J, Baronnet A, Grauby O, Guo J, Meibom A. Rapid grain boundary diffusion in foraminifera tests biases paleotemperature records. COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 4:144. [PMID: 38665181 PMCID: PMC11041775 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00798-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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The oxygen isotopic compositions of fossil foraminifera tests constitute a continuous proxy record of deep-ocean and sea-surface temperatures spanning the last 120 million years. Here, by incubating foraminifera tests in 18O-enriched artificial seawater analogues, we demonstrate that the oxygen isotopic composition of optically translucent, i.e., glassy, fossil foraminifera calcite tests can be measurably altered at low temperatures through rapid oxygen grain-boundary diffusion without any visible ultrastructural changes. Oxygen grain boundary diffusion occurs sufficiently fast in foraminifera tests that, under normal upper oceanic sediment conditions, their grain boundaries will be in oxygen isotopic equilibrium with the surrounding pore fluids on a time scale of <100 years, resulting in a notable but correctable bias of the paleotemperature record. When applied to paleotemperatures from 38,400 foraminifera tests used in paleoclimate reconstructions, grain boundary diffusion can be shown to bias prior paleotemperature estimates by as much as +0.86 to -0.46 °C. The process is general and grain boundary diffusion corrections can be applied to other polycrystalline biocarbonates composed of small nanocrystallites (<100 nm), such as those produced by corals, brachiopods, belemnites, and molluscs, the fossils of which are all highly susceptible to the effects of grain boundary diffusion.
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- Arthur Adams
- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38058 Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-00-818 Warsaw, Poland
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- CNRS, CINaM, Aix-Marseille Université, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CNRS, CINaM, Aix-Marseille Université, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Center for Advanced Surface Analysis, Institute of Earth Science, University of Lausanne, CH−1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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The 18O/16O ratio of cherts (δ18Ochert) increases nearly monotonically by ~15‰ from the Archean to present. Two end-member explanations have emerged: cooling seawater temperature (TSW) and increasing seawater δ18O (δ18Osw). Yet despite decades of work, there is no consensus, leading some to view the δ18Ochert record as pervasively altered. Here, we demonstrate that cherts are a robust archive of diagenetic temperatures, despite metamorphism and exposure to meteoric fluids, and show that the timing and temperature of quartz precipitation and thus δ18Ochert are determined by the kinetics of silica diagenesis. A diagenetic model shows that δ18Ochert is influenced by heat flow through the sediment column. Heat flow has decreased over time as planetary heat is dissipated, and reasonable Archean-modern heat flow changes account for ~5‰ of the increase in δ18Ochert, obviating the need for extreme TSW or δ18Osw reconstructions. The seawater oxygen isotope budget is also influenced by solid Earth cooling, with a recent reconstruction placing Archean δ18OSW 5 to 10‰ lower than today. Together, this provides an internally consistent view of the δ18Ochert record as driven by solid Earth cooling over billion-year timescales that is compatible with Precambrian glaciations and biological constraints and satisfyingly accounts for the monotonic nature of the δ18Ochert trend.
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Meckler AN, Sexton PF, Piasecki AM, Leutert TJ, Marquardt J, Ziegler M, Agterhuis T, Lourens LJ, Rae JWB, Barnet J, Tripati A, Bernasconi SM. Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry. Science 2022; 377:86-90. [PMID: 35771913 DOI: 10.1126/science.abk0604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Characterizing past climate states is crucial for understanding the future consequences of ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. Here, we revisit the benchmark time series for deep ocean temperature across the past 65 million years using clumped isotope thermometry. Our temperature estimates from the deep Atlantic Ocean are overall much warmer compared with oxygen isotope-based reconstructions, highlighting the likely influence of changes in deep ocean pH and/or seawater oxygen isotope composition on classical oxygen isotope records of the Cenozoic. In addition, our data reveal previously unrecognized large swings in deep ocean temperature during early Eocene acute greenhouse warmth. Our results call for a reassessment of the Cenozoic history of ocean temperatures to achieve a more accurate understanding of the nature of climatic responses to tectonic events and variable greenhouse forcing.
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- A N Meckler
- Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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- Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
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- Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, American Indian Studies Center, Center for Diverse Leadership in Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Earth Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Cisneros-Lazaro D, Adams A, Guo J, Bernard S, Baumgartner LP, Daval D, Baronnet A, Grauby O, Vennemann T, Stolarski J, Escrig S, Meibom A. Fast and pervasive diagenetic isotope exchange in foraminifera tests is species-dependent. Nat Commun 2022; 13:113. [PMID: 35013292 PMCID: PMC8748890 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27782-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Oxygen isotope compositions of fossil foraminifera tests are commonly used proxies for ocean paleotemperatures, with reconstructions spanning the last 112 million years. However, the isotopic composition of these calcitic tests can be substantially altered during diagenesis without discernible textural changes. Here, we investigate fluid-mediated isotopic exchange in pristine tests of three modern benthic foraminifera species (Ammonia sp., Haynesina germanica, and Amphistegina lessonii) following immersion into an 18O-enriched artificial seawater at 90 °C for hours to days. Reacted tests remain texturally pristine but their bulk oxygen isotope compositions reveal rapid and species-dependent isotopic exchange with the water. NanoSIMS imaging reveals the 3-dimensional intra-test distributions of 18O-enrichment that correlates with test ultra-structure and associated organic matter. Image analysis is used to quantify species level differences in test ultrastructure, which explains the observed species-dependent rates of isotopic exchange. Consequently, even tests considered texturally pristine for paleo-climatic reconstruction purposes may have experienced substantial isotopic exchange; critical paleo-temperature record re-examination is warranted. Paleoclimate reconstructions commonly use oxygen isotope compositions from fossil foraminifera tests as proxies. Here, the authors show that these tests exchange O-isotopes with surrounding fluids, with implications for paleotemperature records.
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- Deyanira Cisneros-Lazaro
- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IMPMC, 75005, Paris, France
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- Center for Advanced Surface Analysis, Institute of Earth Science, University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- ISTerre, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38058, Grenoble, France
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- CNRS, CINaM, Aix-Marseille Université, 13009, Marseille, France
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- CNRS, CINaM, Aix-Marseille Université, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-00-818, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. .,Center for Advanced Surface Analysis, Institute of Earth Science, University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Planavsky NJ, Robbins LJ, Kamber BS, Schoenberg R. Weathering, alteration and reconstructing Earth's oxygenation. Interface Focus 2020; 10:20190140. [PMID: 32642054 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Deciphering the role-if any-that free oxygen levels played in controlling the timing and tempo of the radiation of complex life is one of the most fundamental questions in Earth and life sciences. Accurately reconstructing Earth's redox history is an essential part of tackling this question. Over the past few decades, there has been a proliferation of research employing geochemical redox proxies in an effort to tell the story of Earth's oxygenation. However, many of these studies, even those considering the same geochemical proxy systems, have led to conflicting interpretations of the timing and intensity of oxygenation events. There are two potential explanations for conflicting redox reconstructions: (i) that free oxygen levels were incredibly dynamic in both time and space or (ii) that collectively, as a community-including the authors of this article-we have frequently studied rocks affected by secondary weathering and alteration (particularly secondary oxidation) while neglecting to address the impact of this alteration on the generated data. There are now multiple case studies that have documented previously overlooked secondary alteration, resolving some of the conflicting constrains regarding redox evolution. Here, an analysis of a large shale geochemistry database reveals significant differences in cerium (Ce) anomalies, a common palaeoredox proxy, between outcrop and drill core samples. This inconsistency provides support for the idea that geochemical data from altered samples are frequently published in the peer-reviewed literature. As individuals and a geochemical community, most of us have been slow to appreciate how pervasive the problem is but there are examples of other communities that have faced and met the challenges raised by such quality control crises. Further evidence of the high potential for alteration of deep-time geochemical samples, and recognition of the manner in which this may lead to spurious results and palaeoenvironmental interpretations, indicate that sample archiving, in publicly accessible collections needs to become a prerequisite for publication of new palaeoredox data. Finally, the geochemical community need to think about ways to implement additional quality control measures to increase the fidelity of palaeoredox proxy work.
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- Noah J Planavsky
- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Geosciences, Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Zhu J, Poulsen CJ, Tierney JE. Simulation of Eocene extreme warmth and high climate sensitivity through cloud feedbacks. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaax1874. [PMID: 31555736 PMCID: PMC6750925 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax1874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The Early Eocene, a period of elevated atmospheric CO2 (>1000 ppmv), is considered an analog for future climate. Previous modeling attempts have been unable to reproduce major features of Eocene climate indicated by proxy data without substantial modification to the model physics. Here, we present simulations using a state-of-the-art climate model forced by proxy-estimated CO2 levels that capture the extreme surface warmth and reduced latitudinal temperature gradient of the Early Eocene and the warming of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Our simulations exhibit increasing equilibrium climate sensitivity with warming and suggest an Eocene sensitivity of more than 6.6°C, much greater than the present-day value (4.2°C). This higher climate sensitivity is mainly attributable to the shortwave cloud feedback, which is linked primarily to cloud microphysical processes. Our findings highlight the role of small-scale cloud processes in determining large-scale climate changes and suggest a potential increase in climate sensitivity with future warming.
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- Jiang Zhu
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Evans D, Badger MPS, Foster GL, Henehan MJ, Lear CH, Zachos JC. No substantial long-term bias in the Cenozoic benthic foraminifera oxygen-isotope record. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2875. [PMID: 30038330 PMCID: PMC6056492 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- David Evans
- School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK.
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- School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
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- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany
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- School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 95064, CA, USA
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Bernard S, Daval D, Ackerer P, Pont S, Meibom A. Reply to 'No substantial long-term bias in the Cenozoic benthic foraminifera oxygen-isotope record'. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2874. [PMID: 30038223 PMCID: PMC6056461 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05304-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- S Bernard
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Paris, 75005, France.
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- LHyGeS, CNRS UMR 7517, Université de Strasbourg/EOST, 1 Rue Blessig, Strasbourg, 67084, France
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- LHyGeS, CNRS UMR 7517, Université de Strasbourg/EOST, 1 Rue Blessig, Strasbourg, 67084, France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, Paris, 75005, France
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- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
- Center for Advanced Surface Analysis, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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