Luminescence intensity in coral skeletons from Mona Island in the Caribbean sea and its Link to precipitation and wind speed

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1793, 2002, Pages 749-766

  Nyberg, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral skeleton; Luminescence; Precipitation; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SEA WATER;

ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FOSSIL; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WIND;

ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; RAIN; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WEST INDIES; WIND;

EID: 0037090613     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2001.0963     Document Type: Article

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