Technical note: Single-shell δ11B analysis of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi using femtosecond laser ablation MC-ICPMS and secondary ion mass spectrometry

Raitzsch, Markus; Rollion-Bard, Claire; Horn, Ingo; Steinhoefel, Grit; Benthien, Albert; Richter, Klaus-Uwe; Buisson, Matthieu; Louvat, Pascale; Bijma, Jelle

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5365-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5365-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5365-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 21

Technical note

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10 Nov 2020

Technical note |

| 10 Nov 2020

Technical note: Single-shell δ¹¹B analysis of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi using femtosecond laser ablation MC-ICPMS and secondary ion mass spectrometry

Markus Raitzsch, Claire Rollion-Bard, Ingo Horn, Grit Steinhoefel, Albert Benthien, Klaus-Uwe Richter, Matthieu Buisson, Pascale Louvat, and Jelle Bijma

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RC1: 'Review: Technical Note: Single-shell δ11B analysis of Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi using femtosecond laser ablation MC-ICPMS and secondary ion mass spectrometry', Dennis Mayk, 22 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Final author comments on reviewer comments RC1', Markus Raitzsch, 09 Sep 2020
RC2: 'comments on bg-2020-269', Lubos Polerecky, 05 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Final author comments on reviewer comments RC2', Markus Raitzsch, 09 Sep 2020
SC1: 'Very short comment', Kaoru Kubota, 10 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'Final author comments on short comment SC1', Markus Raitzsch, 09 Sep 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Sep 2020) by Jack Middelburg

AR by Markus Raitzsch on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Oct 2020) by Jack Middelburg

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The isotopic composition of boron in carbonate shells of marine unicellular organisms is a popular tool to estimate seawater pH. Usually, many shells need to be dissolved and measured for boron isotopes, but the information on their spatial distribution is lost. Here, we investigate two techniques that allow for measuring boron isotopes within single shells and show that they yield robust mean values but provide additional information on the heterogeneity within and between single shells.