A mid-twentieth century reduction in tropical upwelling inferred from coralline trace element proxies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 437-452

  Reuer, Matthew K ^a   Boyle, Edward A ^a   Cole, Julia E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Cadmium; Cariaco Basin; Coral reefs; Paleoclimatology; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CADMIUM; CORAL REEF; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPWELLING;

CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; ISLA TORTUGA; VENEZUELA;

MONTASTREA ANNULARIS; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 0037860970     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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