Monthly element&thinsp;∕&thinsp;Ca trends and inter chamber variability in two planktic Foraminifera species: <i>Globigerinoides ruber albus</i> and <i>Turborotalita clarkei</i> from a hypersaline oligotrophic sea

Levy, Noy; Torfstein, Adi; Schiebel, Ralf; Chernihovsky, Natalie; Jochum, Klaus Peter; Weis, Ulrike; Stoll, Brigitte; Haug, Gerald H.

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Monthly element ∕ Ca trends and inter chamber variability in two planktic Foraminifera species: Globigerinoides ruber albus and Turborotalita clarkei from a hypersaline oligotrophic sea

Noy Levy, Adi Torfstein, Ralf Schiebel, Natalie Chernihovsky, Klaus Peter Jochum, Ulrike Weis, Brigitte Stoll, and Gerald H. Haug

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