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Broecker, Wallace S; Clark, Elizabeth (1999): CaCO3 size distribution in surface sediments [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.856667, Supplement to: Broecker, WS; Clark, E (1999): CaCO3 size distribution: A paleocarbonate ion proxy? Paleoceanography, 14(5), 596-604, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999PA900016

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Abstract:
Lysocline reconstructions play an important role in scenarios purporting to explain the lowered atmospheric CO2 content of glacial time. These reconstructions are based on indicators such as the CaCO3 content, the percent of coarse fraction, the ratio of fragments to whole foraminifera shells, the ratio of solution-susceptible to solution-resistant species, and the ratio of coarse to fine CaCO3. All assume that changes with time in the composition of the input material do not bias the result. However, as the composition of the input material does depend on climate, none of these indicators provides an absolute measure of the extent of dissolution. In this paper we evaluate the reliability of the ratio of >63 µm CaCO3 to total CaCO3 as a dissolution indicator. We present here results that suggest that in today's tropics this ratio appears to be determined solely by CO3= ion concentration and water depth (i.e., the saturation state of bottom waters). This finding offers the possibility that the size fraction index can be used to reconstruct CO3= ion concentrations for the late Quaternary ocean to an accuracy of ±5 µmol/kg.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -3.860215 * Median Longitude: -32.094277 * South-bound Latitude: -31.840000 * West-bound Longitude: -167.001767 * North-bound Latitude: 12.750000 * East-bound Longitude: 54.103000
Date/Time Start: 1956-02-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1977-10-26T00:00:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Broecker, WS; Clark, E (1999): (Table 2) Carbonate content in surface sediments of the Ceara Rise. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.856666
  2. Broecker, WS; Clark, E (1999): (Table 1) Carbonate content in surface sediments. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.856664