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A dynamic marine calcium cycle during the past 28 million years [1]

Multiple lines of evidence have shown that the isotopic composition and concentration of calcium in seawater have changed over the past 28 million years. A high-resolution, continuous seawater calcium isotope ratio curve from marine (pelagic) barite reveals distinct features in the evolution of the seawater calcium isotopic ratio suggesting changes in seawater calcium concentrations.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2008
Elizabeth M. Griffith [2], Adina Paytan [3], Ken Caldeira & et al [4]
Science [5]
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