B/Ca and carbonate ion concentrations of South Pacific Cibicidoides dispars

Here we show surface sediment samples from ten locations from the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean (~44°S-48°S; ~174°E-116°W). We measured foraminiferal B/Ca ratios via laser ablation-inductively coupled-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) on Cibicidoides dispars, a species that is abundant in most samples of the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. Measurements were conducted at the GEOMAR in Kiel in 2013.