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A comparison of benthic foraminiferal Mn / Ca and sedimentary Mn / Al as proxies of relative bottom-water oxygenation in the low-latitude NE Atlantic upwelling system
Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
J. Groeneveld
Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany
H. L. Filipsson
Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
D. Gallego-Torres
Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, (CSIC-Universidad de Granada), Avenida de las Palmeras, Armilla, Granada, Spain
Departmento de Geologia, Universidad de Jaen, Campus Las Lagunillas, Jaen, Spain
M. J. Whitehouse
Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, 104-05 Stockholm, Sweden
T. Toyofuku
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Natsushima-cho 2-15, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
O.E. Romero
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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We highlight the proxy potential of foraminiferal Mn/Ca determined by secondary ion mass spectrometry and flow-through inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy for recording changes in bottom-water oxygen conditions. Comparisons with Mn sediment bulk measurements from the same sediment core largely agree with the results. High foraminiferal Mn/Ca occurs in samples from times of high productivity export and corresponds with the benthic foraminiferal faunal composition.
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