Mid-Holocene stable isotope record of corals from the northern Red Sea

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 742-751

  Moustafa, Y A ^a,b   Patzold J ^b   Loya, Y ^c   Wefer, G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Corals; Holocene; Northern Red Sea; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

RED SEA;

PORITES;

EID: 0342368243     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050302     Document Type: Article

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