Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-819-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-819-2016
Research article
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06 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 06 Apr 2016

Revisiting carbonate chemistry controls on planktic foraminifera Mg /  Ca: implications for sea surface temperature and hydrology shifts over the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum and Eocene–Oligocene transition

David Evans, Bridget S. Wade, Michael Henehan, Jonathan Erez, and Wolfgang Müller

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (19 Oct 2015) by Appy Sluijs
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RR by James C. Zachos (16 Feb 2016)
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (21 Mar 2016) by Appy Sluijs
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We show that seawater pH exerts a substantial control on planktic foraminifera Mg / Ca, a widely applied palaeothermometer. As a result, temperature reconstructions based on this proxy are likely inaccurate over climatic events associated with a significant change in pH. We examine the implications of our findings for hydrological and temperature shifts over the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and for the degree of surface ocean precursor cooling before the Eocene-Oligocene transition.