The effect of colony topography on climate signals in coral skeleton

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3905-3912

  Cohen, Anne L ^a   Hart, Stanley R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; COLONY TOPOGRAPHY; CORAL SKELETON; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031430713     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00200-7     Document Type: Article

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