A high-resolution investigation of temperature, salinity, and upwelling activity proxies in corals

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Ourbak, Timothée ^a,b   Corrège, Thierry ^b   Malaizé, Bruno ^a   Le Cornec, Florence ^b   Charlier, Karine ^a   Peypouquet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Climate and interannual variability; Corals; Geochemical tracers; Sea surface salinity; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548561504     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001064     Document Type: Article

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