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ionic substitution of Mg and/or Sr in carbonates


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I have recently been reading a lot of papers of different paleothermometers. The Calcium in calcium carbonate can get replaced by Mg and Sr and people use the ratios of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca to predict past ocean surface temperatures. What I can't seem to understand is why the Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca show opposite trends with temperature such that  as temperature increases Mg/Ca increases while Sr/Ca decreases. I would have thought they would both increase. Could someone please explain this to me? Thank you

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Probanbly the ion diameter and soloubility.

Mg<Ca<Sr  Calcium is in the midle, if a substitution with Mg takes place increasing if a substitution with Sr takes place decreasing temperature.

 

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