IODP expedition 325: Great barrier reefs reveals past sea-level, climate and environmental changes since the last ice age

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 12, 2011, Pages 32-45

  Yokoyam, Yusuke ^a   Webster, Jody M ^b   Cotterill, Carol ^c   Braga, Juan Carlos ^d   Jovane, Luigi ^e   Mills, Heath ^f   Morgan, Sally ^g   Suzuki, Atsushi ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Geological Survey Murchison House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL REEF; CYCLIC CHANGES; DEGLACIATIONS; EARTH'S ORBIT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; FOSSIL CORAL REEFS; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATES; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HIGH LATITUDES; ICE AGE; ICE SHEET; INTERNAL CLIMATE; KEY COMPONENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS; SEA-SURFACE CONDITIONS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL OCEAN; WATER DEPTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; FEEDBACK; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; REEFS; SUN;

ICE;

EID: 83455229713     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.12.04.2011     Document Type: Article

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