Coralline red algae as high-resolution climate recorders

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 463-466

  Halfar, Jochen ^a   Steneck, R S ^b   Joachimski, M ^c   Kronz, A ^d   Wanamaker Jr , A D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clathromorphum; Coralline red algae; Gulf of Maine; Paleoclimate; Sclerochronology

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE MOLLUSKS; CLIMATE DATA; COASTAL REGIONS; EXTRA TROPICAL CLIMATE; EXTRATROPICAL; FIELD CALIBRATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; GROWTH INCREMENTS; GULF OF MAINE (GOM); HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN ORDER; IN-SITU; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); LATITUDE (CO); OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATE RESEARCH; RED ALGA; RED ALGAE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SSTS); STRONG CORRELATIONS; TROPICAL OCEANS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMINERALIZATION; COASTAL ZONES; ISOTOPES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE;

BIVALVE; CALCIFICATION; CORALLINE ALGA; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RED ALGA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; CLATHROMORPHUM; CLATHROMORPHUM COMPACTUM; MOLLUSCA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 46149107638     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24635A.1     Document Type: Article

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