Sea surface temperature records in the northern South China Sea from mid-Holocene coral Sr/Ca ratios

Paleoceanography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wei, Gangjian ^a,b   Deng, Wenfeng ^a,c   Yu, Kefu ^d   Li, Xian Hua ^a   Sun, Weidong ^a   Zhao, Jian Xin ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRONTIUM; SUMMER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 36749025052     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006PA001270     Document Type: Article

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