Increased seasonality in the gulf of aqaba, red sea, recorded in the oxygen isotope record of a Parites Lutea coral

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Heiss, Georg A ^a   Dullo, Wolf Christian ^a   Joachimski, Michael M ^a   Reijmer, John J G ^a   Schuhmacher, Helmut ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coral growth; Paleoclimate; Red sea; Sea surface temperature; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

RED SEA;

EID: 0033619310     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03042826     Document Type: Article

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