Laser ablation ICP-MS screening of corals for diagenetically affected areas applied to Tahiti corals from the last deglaciation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1490-1506

  Hathorne, Ed C ^a,b   Felis, Thomas ^a   James, Rachael H ^b   Thomas, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL REEF; DIAGENESIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LASER METHOD; LAST DEGLACIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 79951511090     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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