Assessing scleractinian corals as recorders for paleo-pH: Empirical calibration and vital effects

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3675-3685

  Honisch B ^a   Hemming, N G ^a,b   Grottoli, A G ^c   Amat, A ^d   Hanson, G N ^e   Bijma, J ^f  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON ISOTOPE; CALIBRATION; CORAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PH; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

EID: 4344718309     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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