Paleoprecipitation record from coral Sr/Ca and δ18O during the mid Holocene in the northern South China Sea

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 811-821

  Deng, Wen feng ^a   Wei, Gang jian ^a,c   Li, Xian hua ^a   Yu, Ke fu ^b   Zhao, Jian xin ^d   Sun, Wei dong ^a   Liu, Ying ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

18O; Coral; Mid Holocene; Precipitation; South China Sea; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORAL; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRONTIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 70249137291     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609337355     Document Type: Article

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