The skeletal structure of Desmophyllum cristagalli: The use of deepwater corals in sclerochronology

Lethaia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-130

  Lazier, Amy V ^a   Smith, Jodie E ^a   Risk, Michael J ^a   Schwarcz, Henry P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep water corah; Growth banding; Paleoclimates; Sclerochronology; Skeletal structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DEEP WATER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

DESMOPHYLLUM CRISTAGALLI;

EID: 0033429050     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00530.x     Document Type: Article

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