Biogeographic response of marine plankton to Cenozoic environmental changes

A Swain, A Woodhouse, WF Fagan, AJ Fraass… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
In palaeontological studies, groups with consistent ecological and morphological traits
across a clade's history (functional groups) afford different perspectives on biodiversity …

Revealing Their True Stripes: Mg/Ca Banding in the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Genus Morozovella and Implications for Paleothermometry

EH John, PT Staudigel, B Buse, CH Lear… - Paleoceanography …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mg/Ca ratio of foraminiferal calcite is a widely used empirical proxy for ocean
temperature. Foraminiferal Mg/Ca‐temperature relationships are based on extant species …

Planktonic foraminifera in biostratigraphy and biochronology

MR Petrizzo, DJ King, PN Pearson… - Newsletters on …, 2024‏ - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Planktonic foraminifera, single-celled protists, are extensively used in biostratigraphy and
biochronology thanks to their abundance in marine sediments, widespread distribution and …

Electron backscatter diffraction analysis unveils foraminiferal calcite microstructure and processes of diagenetic alteration

FA Procter, S Piazolo, EH John, R Walshaw… - …, 2024‏ - bg.copernicus.org
Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis enables a unique perspective of the internal
microstructure of foraminiferal calcite. Specifically, EBSD provides crystallographic data from …

Tackling the gateways-CO2 problem: New insights into Earth's greenhouse-icehouse transition

S Slater-Lewis - 2024‏ - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
The Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT) was a dramatic climate shift~ 33.7 Ma, during which
a series of interconnected Earth System components resulted in a new climate state, in a …

[HTML][HTML] The Physics of Foraminifera

C Denton, E Bussiéres, R Jiang, R Thompson‏ - bioengineering.hyperbook.mcgill.ca
In the face of tumultuous waters and other such environmental challenges, foraminifera have
evolved a wide range of morphological adaptions. Indeed, the development of tests, pores …