Sr thermometer for Porites corals: Little need to measure Ca

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 351-354

  Sun, Min ^a   Chiu, Chin Hsin ^b   Shen, Chuan Chou ^b,c,d   Lee, Typhoon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; TEMPERATURE;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

PORITES;

EID: 0033378392     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.33.351     Document Type: Article

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