Holocene marine 14C reservoir age variability: Evidence from 230Th-dated corals in the South China Sea

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Kefu ^c   Hua, Quan ^b   Zhao, Jian Xin ^a   Hodge, Ed ^b   Fink, David ^b   Barbetti, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL; DATABASE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PLATEAU; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFALL; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; UPWELLING; AGE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; RESERVOIR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77955199961     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001831     Document Type: Article

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