Strontium/calcium ratios in modern porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef as a proxy for sea surface temperature: Calibration of the thermometer and monitoring of ENSO

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-363

  Alibert, Chantal ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; ENSO; PROXY; SST; STRONTIUM/CALCIUM RATIOS;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, GREAT BARRIER REEF, DAVIES REEF;

PORITES;

EID: 0030729593     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97PA00318     Document Type: Article

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