Figen Mekik

PUBLICATIONS:    

Mekik A. F., M. Kienast, S. Kienast, R. Franocis, P. Loubere and A. Mix (in prep) Deglacial sea surface and deep chlorophyll maximum temperature variations in the eastern equatorial Pacific: implications for regional paleoceanography.

Mekik A. F., and N. Noll (In prep) Multi-proxy reconstruction of deep sea calcite dissolution from the subtropical South Atlantic Ocean: foraminifer fragmentation, shell weight and Mg/Ca

Mekik A. F., Ridgwell, A., François, R., Loubere P., and M. Richaud. (In prep) Is carbonate compensation from the last deglaciation responsible for the Late Holocene increase in atmospheric pCO₂?

Mekik, A. F. and L. Raterink. 2008. Effects of surface ocean conditions on  deep sea calcite dissolution proxies in the tropical Pacific. Paleoceanography, 23, PA1216,doi:10.1029/2007PA001433.. Reprint .pdf (15 pages)

Mekik, A. F., R. Francois and M. Soon, 2007. A novel approach to dissolution correction of Mg/Ca based paleo-thermometry in the tropical Pacific. Paleoceanography, 22, PA3217, 2007PA001504. Reprint .pdf (12 pages)

Mekik, A. F., Loubere, P., and Richaud, M., 2007. Rain ratio variation in the tropical ocean: Tests with surface sediments in the eastern equatorial Pacific, Deep Sea Research II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.01.010 Abstract (16 pages)

Mekik A. F., and R. François, 2006. Tracing deep sea carbonate dissolution: Agreement between the G. menardii fragmentation index and elemental ratios [Mg/Ca and Mg/Sr] in planktonic foraminifers. Paleoceanography. 21, PA4219, doi:10.1029/2006PA001296.  Reprint .pdf (12 pages)

Loubere, P., Mekik, A. F. , François, R., and Pichat, S., 2004, Export fluxes of calcite in the eastern equatorial Pacific from the Last Glacial Maximum to present,  Paleoceanography, vol. 19, PA2018 doi.10.1029/2003PA000986.  Reprint (pdf)

Loubere, P., Liu, Z., Richaud, M. and Mekik, F., 2003. Oceanic conditions in the eastern equatorial Pacific during the onset of ENSO in the Holocene, Quaternary Research, 60, 142-148. (Listed as one of Quaternary Research most requested articles).

Mekik, A. F., Loubere, P. and Archer, D., 2002 Organic carbon flux and organic carbon to calcite flux ratio recorded in deep sea carbonates: Demonstration and a new proxy, Global Biogeochemical Cycles. vol. 16, doi.10/1029/2001GB001634. Reprint .pdf (15 pages)

Carter, E., Whalen, P. and Mekik, F., 2002 [editors]. Micropaleontology of Radiolarians, Proceedings of INTERRAD IX, Micropaleontology, vol. 48, Supplement Number 1.

Mekik, A. F., 2000. Early Cretaceous Pantanelliidae (Radiolaria) from northwest Turkey, Micropaleontology, Vol. 46, no.1: 1-30. Reprint (pdf)

Mekik, A. F. and Loubere, P., 1999. Hypothetical experiments with quantitative paleo-estimation: Extrapolation and the no-analog problem. Marine Micropaleontology, vol. 36/4: 225-248. Abstract

Mekik, A. F., Ling, H.Y., Özkan-Altiner, S. and Altiner, D., 1999. Preliminary radiolarian biostratigraphy across  the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary from northwestern Turkey. In De Wever P. & Caulet J.-P. (eds), InterRadIII,Paris/Bierville813 September 1997, Geodiversitas, 21 (4): 715-738. Abstract