Age accuracy and resolution of Quaternary corals used as proxies for sea level

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 37-49

  Edinger, E N ^a   Burr, G S ^b   Pandolfi, J M ^c   Ortiz, J C ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

accuracy; coral reef; Papua New Guinea; Quaternary; radiocarbon; radiometric dating; resolution; sea level; time averaging

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; RADIOCARBON; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TIME AVERAGING;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CORAL REEF; EUSTACY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33845677657     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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