El Niño-Southern Oscillation-related salinity variations recorded in the skeletal geochemistry of a Porites coral from Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Kilbourne, K Halimeda ^a   Quinn, Terrence M ^a   Taylor, Frederick W ^b   Delcroix, Thierry ^c   Gouriou, Yves ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Coral geochemistry; El Ni o Southern Oscillation variability; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 15944362271     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001033     Document Type: Article

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