コメント "海洋無酸素現象1a周辺の表面水酸化に対するカルケア性ナノプランクトンの反応"
Samantha J Gibbs1, Stuart A Robinson, Paul R Bown
1School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK. sxg@noc.soton.ac.uk
まとめ
この研究は,白期の海洋無酸素現象1aにおける海洋酸化とナノ化石の変化の関連性を疑問視している. 炭酸塩の保存に関する問題と,酸性に対する海洋生物の反応に関する仮定を強調しています.
科学分野:
- パレオセアノグラフィー
- マイクロパレオンテオロジー
背景:
- エルバ (Erba) ほか クレータ紀の海洋無酸素現象1a.a.における石灰質ナノ化石の変化の原因として,表面海洋酸性化が提案されている.
- この解釈は,ナノ化石の形態学とアセンブラージデータに基づいていた.
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