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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4727-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4727-2020
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29 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 29 Sep 2020

Distribution of chlorine and fluorine in benthic foraminifera

Anne Roepert, Lubos Polerecky, Esmee Geerken, Gert-Jan Reichart, and Jack J. Middelburg

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We investigated, for the first time, the spatial distribution of chlorine and fluorine in the shell walls of four benthic foraminifera species: Ammonia tepida, Amphistegina lessonii, Archaias angulatus, and Sorites marginalis. Cross sections of specimens were imaged using nanoSIMS. The distribution of Cl and F was co-located with organics in the rotaliids and rather homogeneously distributed in miliolids. We suggest that the incorporation is governed by the biomineralization pathway.
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