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Nature Geoscience 1, 497 - 498 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo273
Subject Category: Palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography
Palaeoceanography: Seeing changes in a changing sea
Justin B. Ries1
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Justin B. Ries is in the Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
e-mail: jries@unc.edu
Abstract
The ratio of magnesium to calcium in sea water is thought to have influenced the skeletal mineralogy of certain marine calcifiers throughout the Phanerozoic eon. A fresh look at old data suggests that mass extinctions may have also played a role.
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