| Biogeosciences(B) |
| Session Sub Category |
Paleoceanography(PO) |
|
Session ID |
B-PO03 |
| Title |
Biocalcification and the geochemistry of proxies |
| Short title |
proxies for Biogeosciences |
| Convener |
Name |
Hiroshi Kitazato |
| Affiliation |
Institute of Biogeosciences (BioGeos),Japan Agency for Marine-Earth
Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) |
| International Symposium |
'International Symposium' in
addition to Scientific session.
|
| Language |
English |
| Scope |
In order to reconstruct the Earth climate system, marine
paleoclimatologists resort to transfer functions or geochemical
proxies, which are produced or affected by organisms. The
relationships used for reconstructions are generally based on field
calibrations or derived from laboratory experiments. The danger of
these so called empirical relationships is that they maybe valid
only within the restricted parameter space of their calibration.
Application of proxy relationships to very different environmental
settings (e.g. high vs. low latitude or glacial vs. interglacial)
requires a mechanistic understanding of these relationships. Much
progress can be expected by a better understanding of the
biocalcification mechanisms and the incorporation of proxy signals.
In this session we invite contributions related to the
biocalcification, calibration and validation of marine proxies. |
| Type of presentation |
Oral and Poster presentation
|