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September 13, 2020 • 12:46 pm 30 points
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Thermohaline circulation explanation? benethic foraminifera carbon isotopic link ?

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    Sajan sarthak Best Answer

    1. The movement of seawater in a pattern of flow dependent on variations in temperature, which give rise to changes in salt content and hence in density is called as thermohaline circulation . figure below. 2.The δ13C values recorded in benthic foraminiferal calcareous tests reflect the δ13C values of the dissolved inorganic carbon (δ13C∑CO2) of ambient deep and bottom water masses and as such are widely used as a nutrient proxy to reconstruct deep ocean paleocirculation e.g Cibicides (δ13CCib), is one of the most widely used

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