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Science 30 August 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3844, pp. 881 - 884
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3844.881
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Shell Porosity of Recent Planktonic Foraminifera as a Climatic Index

Allan W. H. Bé 1

1 Lamont Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964

Despite variations in pore diameter and pore concentration between 22 species of planktonic Foraminifera, shell porosites are relatively uniform for those co-occurring in the same latitudinal belts: over 10 percent for tropicalsubtropical species; 5 to 10 percent for temperate species; and less than 5 percent for subpolar-polar species. Shell porosities of fossil planktonic Foraminifera may be useful indices for interpreting Cenozoic climates.


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