Seasonal variations in the boron isotopic composition of coral: A productivity signal?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 581-586

  Hemming, N G ^a   Guilderson, T P ^a,b   Fairbanks, R G ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CORAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0032456820     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GB02337     Document Type: Article

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