关于"海洋无氧事件1a周围的表面水酸化对石灰质纳米浮游生物的反应"的评论
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
概括
该研究质疑白纪海洋无氧事件1a期间海洋酸化和纳米化石变化之间的联系. 它强调了碳酸盐保存的问题和关于海洋生物对酸度的反应的假设.
科学领域:
- 古海洋学是古海洋学.
- 微观古生物学的古生物学
背景情况:
- 埃尔巴和其他人. 建议表面海洋酸化是白纪海洋无氧事件1a期间石灰质纳米化石变化的原因.
- 这种解释依赖于纳米化石形态和组装数据.
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