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David W. Lea's Degrees
- PhD Oceanography University of California, Santa Barbara
- Masters Oceanography University of California, Santa Barbara
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Santa Barbara
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- Global temperature change (2006) (1844)
- Reevaluation of the oxygen isotopic composition of planktonic foraminifera: Experimental results and revised paleotemperature equations (1998) (1011)
- Effect of seawater carbonate concentration on foraminiferal carbon and oxygen isotopes (1997) (969)
- Variability in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation Through a Glacial-Interglacial Cycle (2001) (871)
- Larval retention and recruitment in an island population of a coral-reef fish (1999) (811)
- Controls on magnesium and strontium uptake in planktonic foraminifera determined by live culturing (1999) (725)
- Core top calibration of Mg/Ca in tropical foraminifera: Refining paleotemperature estimation (2002) (522)
- Middle Miocene Southern Ocean Cooling and Antarctic Cryosphere Expansion (2004) (507)
- What caused the glacial/interglacial atmospheric pCO2 cycles? (2000) (457)
- Climate change and trace gases (2007) (456)
- Synchroneity of Tropical and High-Latitude Atlantic Temperatures over the Last Glacial Termination (2003) (436)
- Effects of seawater carbonate ion concentration and temperature on shell U, Mg, and Sr in cultured planktonic foraminifera (2004) (412)
- 155,000 Years of West African Monsoon and Ocean Thermal Evolution (2007) (409)
- Glacial–interglacial changes in Subantarctic sea surface temperature and δ18O-water using foraminiferal Mg (1999) (388)
- Final closure of Panama and the onset of northern hemisphere glaciation (2005) (339)
- Experimental determination of stable isotope variability in Globigerina bulloides: implications for paleoceanographic reconstructions (1996) (322)
- Coralline barium records temporal variability in equatorial Pacific upwelling (1989) (315)
- Links between salinity variation in the Caribbean and North Atlantic thermohaline circulation (2004) (307)
- Reassessing foraminiferal stable isotope geochemistry: Impact of the oceanic carbonate system (experimental results) (1999) (302)
- Reconstructing a 350 ky history of sea level using planktonic Mg/Ca and oxygen isotope records from a Cocos Ridge core (2002) (285)
- Intraspecific stable isotope variability in the planktic foraminiferaGlobigerinoides sacculifer: Results from laboratory experiments (1993) (269)
- Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity (2012) (261)
- The Cause of Carbon Isotope Minimum Events on Glacial Terminations (2002) (246)
- Quaternary deep sea temperature histories derived from benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca (2002) (242)
- A simple evaluation of cleaning procedures on fossil benthic foraminiferal Mg/Ca (2002) (235)
- Multispecies approach to reconstructing eastern equatorial Pacific thermocline hydrography during the past 360 kyr (2003) (227)
- High resolution stalagmite climate record from the Yucatán Peninsula spanning the Maya terminal classic period (2010) (221)
- Oceanic pH control on the boron isotopic composition of foraminifera: Evidence from culture experiments (1996) (219)
- Barium content of benthic foraminifera controlled by bottom-water composition (1989) (216)
- Model for kinetic effects on calcium isotope fractionation (δ44Ca) in inorganic aragonite and cultured planktonic foraminifera (2003) (208)
- The Mid-Pleistocene Transition in the Tropical Pacific (2005) (206)
- Paleoclimate history of Galapagos surface waters over the last 135,000 yr (2006) (202)
- Evidence of a dissolution effect on benthic foraminiferal shell chemistry: δ13C, Cd/Ca, Ba/Ca, and Sr/Ca results from the Ontong Java Plateau (1995) (201)
- Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry (2008) (197)
- Middle Miocene ice sheet dynamics, deep‐sea temperatures, and carbon cycling: A Southern Ocean perspective (2008) (190)
- URANIUM IN FORAMINIFERAL CALCITE AS A RECORDER OF SEAWATER URANIUM CONCENTRATIONS (1994) (189)
- Interlaboratory comparison study of Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera for paleoceanographic research (2004) (185)
- Cadmium in corals as a tracer of historical upwelling and industrial fallout (1987) (184)
- Surface ocean variability at Galapagos from 1936–1982: Calibration of geochemical tracers in corals (1992) (167)
- An 800-kyr record of global surface ocean δ18O and implications for ice volume-temperature coupling (2014) (148)
- The 100 000-Yr Cycle in Tropical SST, Greenhouse Forcing, and Climate Sensitivity (2004) (145)
- Empirical relationship between pH and the boron isotopic composition of Globigerinoides sacculifer: Implications for the boron isotope paleo-pH proxy. (2001) (142)
- Diatom-bound 15N/14N: New support for enhanced nutrient consumption in the ice age subantarctic (2005) (136)
- Barium in planktonic foraminifera (1991) (135)
- The Influence of Salinity on Mg/Ca in Planktic Foraminifers – Evidence from Cultures, Core-top Sediments and Complementary δ18O (2013) (133)
- Monsoon climate and Arabian Sea coastal upwelling recorded in massive corals from southern Oman (1996) (133)
- Deglaciation in the tropical Indian Ocean driven by interplay between the regional monsoon and global teleconnections (2013) (132)
- Spatio-temporal and interspecific variation in otolith trace-elemental fingerprints in a temperate estuarine fish assemblage (2003) (131)
- Temperature influence on the carbon isotopic composition of Globigerina bulloides and Orbulina universa (planktonic foraminifera) (2000) (129)
- Variation of foraminiferal Sr/Ca over Quaternary glacial‐interglacial cycles: Evidence for changes in mean ocean Sr/Ca? (2000) (127)
- Foraminiferal reconstruction of barium distributions in water masses of the glacial oceans (1990) (127)
- Assessing the reliability of paleochemical tracers: barium uptake in the shells of planktonic foraminifera (1994) (121)
- Trace elements in foraminiferal calcite (1999) (101)
- Experimental determination of barium uptake in shells of the planktonic foraminifera Orbulina universa at 22°C (1992) (100)
- Planktic foraminifers as recorders of seawater Ba/Ca (2011) (95)
- Implications of seawater Mg/Ca variability for Plio-Pleistocene tropical climate reconstruction (2008) (94)
- A RAPID MASS SPECTROMETRIC METHOD FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS OF BARIUM,CADMIUM, AND STRONTIUM IN FORAMINIFERA SHELLS (1996) (93)
- Temperature differences between the hemispheres and ice age climate variability (2010) (92)
- Global dissolution effects on planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios controlled by the calcite‐saturation state of bottom waters (2014) (91)
- Uranium-series and radiocarbon geochronology of deep-sea corals: implications for Southern Ocean ventilation rates and the oceanic carbon cycle (2001) (88)
- Trace elemental fingerprinting of gastropod statoliths to study larval dispersal trajectories (2003) (88)
- Calcium uptake and calcification rate in the planktonic foraminifer Orbulina universa (1995) (85)
- Modelling the temperature dependent growth rates of planktic foraminifera (2009) (81)
- Barium and strontium uptake into larval protoconchs and statoliths of the marine neogastropod Kelletia kelletii (2003) (80)
- Seasonal and interannual variation in Santa Barbara Basin water temperatures observed in sediment trap foraminiferal Mg/Ca (2004) (79)
- 6.14 – Elemental and Isotopic Proxies of Past Ocean Temperatures (2003) (79)
- Determination of carbonate-bound barium in foraminifera and corals by isotope dilution plasma-mass spectrometry (1993) (79)
- A 210,000-year record of barium variability in the deep northwest Atlantic Ocean (1990) (77)
- The effects of temperature, salinity, and the carbonate system on Mg/Ca in Globigerinoides ruber (white): A global sediment trap calibration (2018) (76)
- Sources of carbon and nitrogen in modern planktonic foraminifera: the role of algal symbionts as determined by bulk and compound specific stable isotopic analyses (1997) (71)
- Implications of a Carbonate Ion Effect on Shell Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes for Glacial Ocean Conditions (1999) (67)
- Effects of temperature on Mg/Ca in neogloboquadrinid shells determined by live culturing (2005) (66)
- Experimental determination of cadmium uptake in shells of the planktonic foraminifera Orbulina universa and Globigerina bulloides: Implications for surface water paleoreconstructions (1997) (63)
- A trace metal perspective on the evolution of Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water chemistry (1995) (63)
- Constraints on the alkalinity and circulation of glacial circumpolar deep water from benthic foraminiferal barium (1993) (62)
- Centennial scale climate instabilities in a wet early Holocene West African monsoon (2007) (61)
- Influence of volcanic shards on foraminiferal Mg/Ca in a core from the Galápagos region (2005) (58)
- New spatial Mg/Ca‐temperature calibrations for three Arctic, benthic foraminifera and reconstruction of north Iceland shelf temperature for the past 4000 years (2007) (58)
- Geochemical investigation of gametogenic calcite addition in the planktonic foraminifera Orbulina universa (2008) (51)
- Role of deep sea temperature in the carbon cycle during the last glacial (2005) (48)
- Late Pliocene monsoon linkage in the tropical South China Sea (2006) (42)
- Comparison of water mass changes in the deep tropical Atlantic derived from Cd/Ca and carbon isotope records: Implications for changing Ba composition of Deep Atlantic Water Masses (1998) (38)
- 8.14 – Elemental and Isotopic Proxies of Past Ocean Temperatures (2014) (37)
- Links between southwestern tropical Indian Ocean SST and precipitation over southeastern Africa over the last 17 kyr (2014) (35)
- Last glacial-interglacial productivity and associated changes in the eastern Arabian Sea (2017) (33)
- Evidence of a dissolution effect on benthic foraminiferal shell chemistry: õ1C, Cd/Ca, Ba/Ca, and Sr/Ca results from the (1995) (33)
- Millennial scale changes in sea surface temperature and ocean circulation in the northeast Pacific, 10–60 kyr BP (2012) (32)
- Pleistocene carbonate dissolution fluctuations in the eastern equatorial Pacific on glacial timescal (2011) (30)
- Late Pliocene equatorial Pacific (2010) (30)
- Deconvolving Glacial Ocean Carbonate Chemistry from the Planktonic Foraminifera Carbon Isotope Record (1999) (28)
- Half-precessional cycle of thermocline temperature in the western equatorial Pacific and its bihemispheric dynamics (2020) (28)
- The fate of nitrogen in the Orbulina universa foraminifera‐symbiont system determined by nitrogen isotope analyses of shell‐bound organic matter (1999) (24)
- An early Pleistocene Mg/Ca‐δ18O record from the Gulf of Mexico: Evaluating ice sheet size and pacing in the 41‐kyr world (2016) (20)
- The Glacial Tropical Pacific--Not Just a West Side Story (2002) (19)
- Foraminiferal and coralline barium as paleoceanographic tracers (1990) (14)
- Indonesian throughflow controlled the westward extent of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during glacial-interglacial intervals (2019) (14)
- El Niño in history: Storming through the ages (2002) (11)
- Ice Ages, the California Current, and Devils Hole (2001) (11)
- Model evidence for a seasonal bias in Antarctic ice cores (2018) (8)
- Warm pool ocean heat content regulates ocean–continent moisture transport (2022) (7)
- Not So Permanent El Niño (2014) (6)
- Sea Surface Temperatures in the Western Equatorial Pacific During Marine Isotope Stage 11 (2013) (5)
- Functions of Height and Width Dimensions in the Intertidal Mussel, Mytilus californianus (2008) (5)
- Reply to the Comment by N. E. Pingitore Jr. on (1993) (4)
- Deciphering latitudinal shifts in coccolith accumulation in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean through the Pleistocene (2019) (3)
- Oxygen isotope and fluid inclusion study of the Mineral Point area, Eureka Graben, Colorado (1989) (3)
- Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios of Gyroidinoides spp. of DSDP Hole 94-609B (2005) (3)
- Innovations in Monitoring Ocean History (1999) (2)
- Examining the Evidence for the Influence of Carbonate Saturation State on Benthic Foraminiferal Mg/Ca (2002) (2)
- Palaeoclimate: Climate sensitivity in a warmer world (2015) (2)
- (Table S2) Stable oxygen isotope record and Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides ruber from ODP Hole 130-806B (2005) (1)
- Evidence for a Southern Pattern of Deglacial Surface Warming in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (2009) (1)
- A Large Hydrologic Shift Associated with the Last Deglaciation in the Tropics (2012) (1)
- COMPARE 2013: Constraining tropical ocean cooling during the Last Glacial Maximum (2014) (1)
- Changes in Attitude on Equatorial Latitudes: Tropical Climate Evolution During the Ice Ages (2007) (1)
- Foraminiferal & coral barium as a paleo-tracer (1988) (1)
- Stable isotope analysis and temperature reconstruction data from DSDP Hole 94-609B and ODP Hole 162-984B (2005) (1)
- Tropical Climate Variability During Marine Isotope Stage 3: Results from the Cariaco Basin (2007) (1)
- Stable isotope record of planktonic foraminifera of sediment core TR163-19 (2003) (1)
- Direct 44Ca/40Ca determination using cool Plasma MC-ICP-MS (2003) (0)
- (Appendix 1) Stable oxygen isotope ratios of Globigerinoides ruber and benthic foraminifera from ODP Site 184-1143 (2006) (0)
- Influence of Environmental Factors over the Incorporation of U, Cd, and Minor Metals into Foraminiferal Calcite: Results of Summer 2004 Culture Experiments (2004) (0)
- Stable oxygen isotopes measured on Globigerina bulloides from DSDP Hole 94-609B (2005) (0)
- Stable carbon isotopes measured on benthic foraminifera from DSDP Hole 94-609B (2005) (0)
- Millennial Scale Temperature and Hydrological Response of Galapagos Surface Waters During Marine Isotope Stage 3 (2002) (0)
- Mg/Ca-based temperature record from Cariaco Basin reveals SST changes in phase with Greenland ice core records (2001) (0)
- Santa Barbara Water Column Temperature Changes Over the Past 2500 Years as Recorded by Planktonic Foraminiferal Proxies (2008) (0)
- Geochemistry of Globigerinoides ruber from ODP Hole 130-806B (2005) (0)
- Using Idealized GCM Simulations to Reconstruct and Interpret Past Precipitation Change (2014) (0)
- Obliquity and Precession in the Quaternary: Analyzing Climate Responses Using Single-Forcing GCM Simulations and Bayesian Model-Proxy Comparison (2015) (0)
- Volcaniclastic layers in ODP Site 202-1241 (2011) (0)
- Stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratios of planktonic foraminifera from the Caribbean and North Atlantic (2004) (0)
- Regional Sensitivity to CO2 forcing: Detection and Attribution Approach to Analyzing CO2 Component of Late Quaternary Climate Variability (2015) (0)
- Carbonate Dissolution in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific During the Pleistocene: A Preliminary Study From ODP Site 1241 (2008) (0)
- Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Boron Isotope Ratios in Biogenic Carbonates as Recorders of Seawater pH (2001) (0)
- Ba/Ca ratios in benthic foraminifera from recent core tops (1989) (0)
- Stable oxygen isotopes measured on Globigerina bulloides from ODP Hole 162-984B (2005) (0)
- Evolution of Late Pliocene heat transport to high latitudes: Centennial-scale d18O and Mg/Ca-based temperature records from ODP Site 984 (Bjorn Drift). (2003) (0)
- A High-Resolution Mg/Ca Sea Surface Temperature Record From the California Margin, ODP Site 1017E (2001) (0)
- Stable oxygen isotopes of benthic foraminifera of DSDP Hole 94-609B (2005) (0)
- glacial-interglacial productivity and associated changes in the eastern Arabian Sea (2019) (0)
- CaCO3 content of DSDP Hole 94-609B (2005) (0)
- Globigerina bulloides Magnesium/Calcium ratio and SST values from DSDP Hole 94-609B (2005) (0)
- Deep-water temperature reconstructed from Mg/Ca ratios in DSDP Hole 94-609B (2005) (0)
- The composition of glacial Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water and its role in driving changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide (1994) (0)
- Revisiting the Last Glacial-Interglacial Productivity Paradox in the Eastern Arabian Sea (2014) (0)
- Mg/Ca in extra-tropical planktonic foraminifera: trap, tow and culture results from Santa Barbara Basin (2005) (0)
- Deciphering past responses of marine organisms to climate (2000) (0)
- The Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Mg Incorporation in Planktonic Foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber (white): Results from a Global Sediment Trap Mg/Ca Database (2015) (0)
- (Table SI-1) Age determination of sediment core V28-122 (2004) (0)
- Consistent with recent observations, a climate change meta-ensemble robustly projects 2020-2039 climate hazards associated with El Nino and La-Nina related sea surface temperature extremes (2018) (0)
- Tracing the influence of Mediterranean outflow waters on the Mid-depth portuguese margin between Marine Isotope Stages 9 and 13 (2008) (0)
- A reference record of Equatorial Western Africa paleoclimate (2006) (0)
- (Appendix 3) TOC concentrations and accumulation of ODP Site 184-1143 (2006) (0)
- REEVALUATION OF MG/CA-TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION IN GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER: A SEDIMENT TRAP APPROACH (2016) (0)
- (Table SI-1) Age determination of ODP Hole 165-999A (2004) (0)
- Implications for Mid-Pliocene Amplification of the Asian Monsoon from a South China Sea Mg/Ca Sea Surface Temperature Record (2006) (0)
- Stable isotopes measured on Globigerina bulloides of DSDP Hole 94-609B, raw data (2005) (0)
- The Pleistocene Eastern Equatorial Pacific: Insights from a New Carnegie Platform Stratigraphic Record (2016) (0)
- The Western Equatorial Pacific Thermal Evolution During the Onset of the Northern Hemisphere Glaciation (2006) (0)
- (Appendix 2) Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides ruber from ODP Site 184-1143 (2006) (0)
- Model evidence for a seasonal bias in Antarctic ice cores (2018) (0)
- Barium/Calcium and Cadmium/Calcium ratios of sediment core RC13-229 (1995) (0)
- Extending a Pacific Warm Pool SST Record From the Ontong Java Plateau to 1.0 Ma (2003) (0)
- The Late Pliocene Tropical Pacific (2007) (0)
- (Table 1) Cadmium/Calcium ratio of sediment core RC13-229 (1995) (0)
- Multi-proxy Analysis of Pleistocene Carbonate Fluctuations in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific (2014) (0)
- The effects of temperature , salinity , and the carbonate system on 1 Mg / Ca in Globigerinoides ruber ( white ) : a global sediment trap 2 calibration 3 4 (2017) (0)
- Stable oxygen isotopes measured on Neogloboquadrina atlantica from ODP Hole 162-984B (2005) (0)
- Neogloboquadrina atlantica Magnesium/Calcium ratio and SST values from ODP Hole 162-984B (2005) (0)
- Effect of seawatercarbonate concentrationon foraminiferal carbonandoxygen isotopes (0)
- Effects of Changes in Seawater Carbonate Ion Concentration on the Incorporation of Uranium into Planktonic Foraminiferal Calcite (2001) (0)
- The hydrological response of the Indian Ocean during the LGM and deglaciation (2013) (0)
- A High-Resolution Mid- to Late-Holocene Sea-Surface Temperature Record from the Subtropics, Baja California, Mexico (2004) (0)
- Mg/Ca-temperature calibration and flux variability of Globigerinoides ruber based on a bi-weekly resolved sediment trap (2016) (0)
- (Table 1) Revised splice tie points of ODP Site 202-1241 (2011) (0)
- Climate and Hydrologic Conditions Over Northernmost South America as Recorded in Cariaco Basin Sediments (2004) (0)
- Hydrological and Temperature Changes in the Western Caribbean During the Last Glacial Cycle (2002) (0)
- (Table 2) Major volcaniclastic layers in ODP Site 202-1241 (2011) (0)
- Final closure of the Panamaian Isthmus and the onset of northern hemisphere glaciation (2005) (0)
- (Table SI-2) Stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides ruber from ODP Hole 165-999A (2004) (0)
- Planktic Foraminifera: How protists document global climate change (2001) (0)
- (Table 1) Cd/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios of benthic foraminifera of sediment core V30-49 (1998) (0)
- Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the Western Tropical Atlantic, Ceara Rise, Using Mg/Ca Ratios in Planktonic Foraminifera (2001) (0)
- The Thermal Evolution of the Western Equatorial Pacific During the Midde and Early Pleistocene (2004) (0)
- Mg/Ca, stable isotopes and an important paleo-salintiy record from the indo-pacific warm pool (2006) (0)
- Stable isotopes measured on Globigerinoides ruber of DSDP Hole 94-609B, raw data (2005) (0)
- A new Upper and Middle Pleistocene stratigraphic and dissolution record from the Carnegie Platform, Eastern Equatorial Pacific (2020) (0)
- Sodium incorporation in foraminiferal calcite: an evaluation of the Na/Ca salinity proxy and evidence for multiple Na-bearing phases (2023) (0)
- Stable isotope and coarse fraction data for: The Pleistocene Eastern Equatorial Pacific: Insights from a new Carnegie Platform stratigraphic record (2020) (0)
- Stable isotopes measured on benthic foraminifera of DSDP Hole 94-609B, raw data (2005) (0)
- (Table SI-2) Stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerinoides ruber from sediment core V28-122 (2004) (0)
- Termination I in the tropical Indian Ocean: Interplay between the regional monsoon and global teleconnections (2012) (0)
- Reconstruction of Last Glacial Tropical SST Anomalies from Mg/Ca and UK37' to Constrain Climate Sensitivity (2016) (0)
- Planktonic foraminiferal proxy evidence for Santa Barbara Basin sea surface temperature changes during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age (2009) (0)
- Late Pliocene stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca record, and paleotemperature reconstructions of ODP Site 184-1143 in the South China Sea (2006) (0)
- Trace elements in benthic foraminifera of sediment core V30-49 (1998) (0)
- Spotlight on Global Temperature (2006) (0)
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