A 240-year stable oxygen and carbon isotopic record in a coral from South Florida: implications for the prediction of precipitation in Southern Florida

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 362-375

  Swart, Peter Koenraad ^a   Dodge, Richard E ^b   Hudson, Harold J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA;

CLIMATE HISTORY; CORAL; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC RECORD; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; REEF; REEF HYDROLOGY; SUMMER; SUMMER RAINFALL;

USA, FLORIDA, BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030377751     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515246     Document Type: Article

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