A 170-year Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca coral record from the western Pacific warm pool: 2. A window into variability of the New Ireland Coastal Undercurrent

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Alibert, Chantal ^a   Kinsley, Leslie ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; GLOBAL WARMING; NUTRIENTS; REEFS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BARIUM; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL WATER; CORAL RECORD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TRADE WIND; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UNDERCURRENT; VERTICAL MIXING; WARM POOL;

NEW IRELAND BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 51449116149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004263     Document Type: Article

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