Great Barrier Reef coral luminescence reveals rainfall variability over northeastern Australia since the 17th century

Paleoceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lough, Janice M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FLOOD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INDEX METHOD; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 79953850818     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010PA002050     Document Type: Article

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