Monthly stable isotope records in an Australian coral and their correspondence with environmental variables

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 731-734

  Bian, Huisheng ^a   Druffel, Ellen R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; REEFS; SEAWATER;

EL NINO PHENOMENON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CORAL RECORD; INSOLATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033559798     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900080     Document Type: Article

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