Instability of seawater pH in the South China Sea during the mid-late Holocene: Evidence from boron isotopic composition of corals

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1264-1272

  Liu, Yi ^a,b   Liu, Weiguo ^b   Peng, Zicheng ^a   Xiao, Yingkai ^c   Wei, Gangjian ^d   Sun, Weidong ^d   He, Jianfeng ^a   Liu, Guijian ^a   Chou, Chen Lin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORAL; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; IONIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONSOON; PH; SEAWATER; TREND ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 59649123115     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.034     Document Type: Article

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