Calibration of stable oxygen isotope signatures in Galápagos corals

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-480

  Wellington, G M ^a   Dunbar, R B ^b   Merlen, G ^c  

^a University of Houston ^*  (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; PAVONA CLAVUS; PAVONA GIGANTEA; PORITES LOBATA;

CORAL; SST;

PACIFIC, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 0030452625     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA01023     Document Type: Article

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