High resolution windows into early Holocene climate: Sr/Ca coral records from the Huon Peninsula

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 169-178

  McCulloch, Malcolm ^a   Mortimer, Graham ^a   Esat, Tezer ^a   Xianhua, Li ^a,b   Pillans, Brad ^a   Chappell, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate; Holocene; Huon Peninsula; Porites; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL RECORD; CORAL TERRACE; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PORITES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRONTIUM/CALCIUM;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, HUON PENINSULA;

EID: 0029777746     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00230-a     Document Type: Article

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