Giant bivalves (Tridacna gigas) as recorders of ENSO variability

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 266-270

  Welsh, Kevin ^a   Elliot, Mary ^a   Tudhope, Alexander ^a   Ayling, Bridget ^b   Chappell, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Corals; ENSO; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE SHELLS; BIVALVES; CLAM SHELL; CLIMATE CONDITION; CORAL SKELETON; CORALS; ENSO; GIGAS; INTERANNUAL; INTERCOMPARISONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PORITES; ROBUST ESTIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBONATE MINERALS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEAWATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARAGONITE; BIVALVE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SHELL;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; PORITES; TRIDACNA GIGAS;

EID: 79959691160     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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