Articles | Volume 15, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4759-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4759-2018
Technical note
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09 Aug 2018
Technical note |  | 09 Aug 2018

Technical note: A refinement of coccolith separation methods: measuring the sinking characteristics of coccoliths

Hongrui Zhang, Heather Stoll, Clara Bolton, Xiaobo Jin, and Chuanlian Liu

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The sinking speeds of coccoliths are relevant for laboratory methods to separate coccoliths for geochemical analysis. However, in the absence of estimates of coccolith settling velocity, previous implementations have depended mainly on time-consuming method development by trial and error. In this study, the sinking velocities of cocooliths were carefully measured for the first time. We also provide an estimation of coccolith sinking velocity by shape, which will make coccolith separation easier.
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