RUI: Quantifying Calcite Flux and the Organic Carbon to Calcite Flux Ratio in the Tropical and Subtropical World Ocean

Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI

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Abstract

This proposal received funding to investigate a proxy that determines the degree of calcite dissolution of bottom waters. The index is based on the # of damaged G menardii which is tied to a biogeochmical model. The dissolution proxy is coupled to t230TH-normalized calcite accumulation rates. The approach is considered an improvement over previous attempts to quantify the calcium carbonate/organic flux ratios in the oceans.