Johnstone, Heather J H; Lee, R W; Schulz, Michael (2016): Calcite saturation and yield and Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca, Al/Ca, Fe/Ca for four species of planktic foraminifera cleaned using Mg-cleaning and Cd-cleaning methods [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857974, Supplement to: Johnstone, HJH et al. (2016): Effect of preservation state of planktonic foraminifera tests on the decrease in Mg/Ca due to reductive cleaning and on sample loss during cleaning. Chemical Geology, 420, 23-36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.10.045
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Four species of planktic foraminifera from core-tops spanning a depth transect on the Ontong Java Plateau were prepared for Mg/Ca analysis both with (Cd-cleaning) and without (Mg-cleaning) a reductive cleaning step. Reductive cleaning caused etching of foraminiferal calcite, focused on Mg-rich inner calcite, even on tests which had already been partially dissolved at the seafloor. Despite corrosion, there was no difference in Mg/Ca of Pulleniatina obliquiloculata between cleaning methods. Reductive cleaning decreased Mg/Ca by an average (all depths) of ~ 4% for Globigerinoides ruber white and ~ 10% for Neogloboquadrina dutertrei. Mg/Ca of Globigerinoides sacculifer (above the calcite saturation horizon only) was 5% lower after reductive cleaning. The decrease in Mg/Ca due to reductive cleaning appeared insensitive to preservation state for G. ruber, N. dutertrei and P. obliquiloculata. Mg/Ca of Cd-cleaned G. sacculifer appeared less sensitive to dissolution than that of Mg-cleaned. Mg-cleaning is adequate, but SEM and contaminants (Al/Ca, Fe/Ca and Mn/Ca) show that Cd-cleaning is more effective for porous species. A second aspect of the study addressed sample loss during cleaning. Lower yield after Cd-cleaning for G. ruber, G. sacculifer and N. dutertrei confirmed this to be the more aggressive method. Strongest correlations between yield and Delta[CO3^2-] in core-top samples were for Cd-cleaned G. ruber (r = 0.88, p = 0.020) and Cd-cleaned P. obliquiloculata (r = 0.68, p = 0.030). In a down-core record (WIND28K) correlation, r, between yield values > 30% and dissolution index, XDX, was -0.61 (p = 0.002). Where cleaning yield < 30% most Mg-cleaned Mg/Ca values were biased by dissolution.
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- Johnstone, HJH; Lee, RW; Schulz, M (2016): (Table 1) Calcite saturation of surface sediment samples along a transect on the Ontong Java Plateau. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857950
- Johnstone, HJH; Lee, RW; Schulz, M (2016): (Table 2) Yield and Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca, Al/Ca, Fe/Ca for Globigerinoides ruber white using Mg-cleaning and Cd-cleaning methods, 300 - 355 µm. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857954
- Johnstone, HJH; Lee, RW; Schulz, M (2016): (Table 2) Yield and Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca, Al/Ca, Fe/Ca for Globigerinoides sacculifer (without sac.) using Mg-cleaning and Cd-cleaning methods, 300 - 355 µm. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857958
- Johnstone, HJH; Lee, RW; Schulz, M (2016): (Table 2) Yield and Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca, Al/Ca, Fe/Ca for Neogloboquadrina dutertrei using Mg-cleaning and Cd-cleaning methods, 300 - 355 µm. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857962
- Johnstone, HJH; Lee, RW; Schulz, M (2016): (Table 2) Yield and Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca, Al/Ca, Fe/Ca for Pulleniatina obliquiloculata using Mg-cleaning and Cd-cleaning methods, 300 - 355 µm. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857966