U-series dating of dead Porites corals in the South China sea: Evidence for episodic coral mortality over the past two centuries

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-141

  Yu, Ke Fu ^a,b   Zhao, Jian Xin ^a,b   Shi, Qi ^a   Chen, Te Gu ^a   Wang, Pin Xian ^c   Collerson, Kenneth D ^b   Liu, Tung Sheng ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Coral mortality; El Ni o; South China Sea; TIMS U series dating

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL RECORD; CORAL REEF; EL NINO; EPISODIC EVENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPRATLY ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 34548035772     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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