Coral oxygen isotope records of interdecadal climate variations in the South Pacific Convergence Zone region

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Bagnato, Stefan ^a   Linsley, Braddock K ^a   Howe, Stephen S ^a   Wellington, Gerard M ^b   Salinger, Jim ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coral; Diploastrea; Fiji; Isotopes; SPCZ

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751275126     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000879     Document Type: Article

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