Deep-water antipatharians: Proxies of environmental change

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 773-776

  Williams, B ^a,b   Risk, M J ^c   Ross, S W ^d,e   Sulak, K J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb dating; Carbon; Corals; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DEEP-WATER ANTIPATHARIANS; SCLEROCHRONOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CARBON; DELAMINATION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NITROGEN; OCEAN HABITATS; REEFS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA;

EID: 33748919103     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22685.1     Document Type: Article

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