Massive scleractinian corals secrete an aragonitic skeleton which incorporates a large array
of chemical tracers. Corals present several advantages for palaeoclimate research: they …

The chemistry of fish ear bones (otoliths) is used to address fundamental questions in fish
ecology and fisheries science. It is assumed that strontium (Sr), the most important element …

Sr/Ca, Mg/Ca and Ba/Ca values are heterogeneously distributed in shells of Arctica
islandica. These patterns are largely associated with crystal fabrics (size, habit and …

Sr/Ca, B/Ca, Mg/Ca and δ11B were determined at high spatial resolution across∼ 1year of
a modern Hawaiian Porites lobata coral by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). We …

Paleoenvironmental reconstructions based on the clumped isotopes (Δ 47) and traditional
isotope (δ 13 C or δ 18 O) techniques are often problematic for carbonates that have …

Thermodynamic calculations and inorganic precipitation experiments indicate a relationship
between aragonite Mg/Ca and water temperature. This offers a route to reconstruct seawater …

The geochemistry of tropical coral skeletons is widely used in paleoclimate reconstructions.
However, sub‐aerially exposed corals may be affected by diagenesis, altering the aragonite …

The behavior of Sr in the aragonite shells of the bivalve Arctica islandica has been explored
to determine its potential for high‐resolution environmental reconstruction. The structural …

Use of the coral Sr palaeothermometer assumes that the Sr in coral skeletons is substituted
randomly for Ca in the aragonite structure. The presence of Sr in additional phases eg …

The response of Acropora digitifera to ocean acidification is determined using geochemical
proxy measurements of the skeletal composition of A. digitifera cultured under a range of pH …