River runoff reconstructions from novel spectral luminescence scanning of massive coral skeletons

Coral Reefs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-591

  Grove, C A ^a   Nagtegaal, R ^a   Zinke, J ^a,b   Scheufen, T ^a,c   Koster, B ^a   Kasper, S ^a,d   McCulloch, M T ^e,f   van den Bergh, G ^g   Brummer, G Jan A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral carbonate; Core scanning; Humic acids; Luminescence spectra; Soil runoff

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CATCHMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL RECORD; HUMIC ACID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LUMINESCENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RIVER; RIVER PLUME; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKELETON; WAVELENGTH;

MADAGASCAR;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77954860922     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0629-y     Document Type: Article

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