Reflected Light Image of the Shell of a Fossil Planktic Foraminifera Globigerinoides Ruber (IMAGE)

University of Southampton

Reflected Light Image of the Shell of a Fossil Planktic Foraminifera Globigerinoides Ruber

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Reflected light image of the shell of a fossil planktic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber. The boron isotopic composition of the shells of this species was used to reconstruct atmospheric CO2 1 million years ago in this study.

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Tom Chalk

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