The non-tropical coral Cladocora caespitosa as the new climate archive for the Mediterranean: high-resolution (∼weekly) trace element systematics

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 441-462

  Montagna, Paolo ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm ^b   Mazzoli, Claudio ^c,d   Silenzi, Sergio ^a   Odorico, Roberto ^e  

^a ICRAM   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Marine Reserve of Miramare   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMINERALIZATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CORAL CALCIFICATION; FINE-SCALE VARIATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD; TROPICAL CORALS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS;

CALCIFICATION; CORAL; CORAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA; SCLERACTINIA;

ADRIATIC; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CORALS; WALL REGION;

EID: 33847188423     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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