The thermal oceanographic signal of El Niño reconstructed from a Kiritimati Island coral

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C6, 1999, Pages 13409-13421

  Evans, Michael N ^a,b   Fairbanks, Richard G ^a,b   Rubenstone, James L ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL RECORD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

(EQUATORIAL CENTRAL); KIRITIMATI; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032695405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900001     Document Type: Article

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