The Suess effect in Fiji coral δ13C and its potential as a tracer of anthropogenic CO2 uptake

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 370, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-40

  Dassié, Emilie P ^a,b   Lemley, Gavin M ^a   Linsley, Braddock K ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; CO2; Coral; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Fiji; Skeletal extension rate; Suess effect; Water depth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCIFICATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; IRRADIANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TIME SERIES; TRACER; WATER DEPTH;

FIJI;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 84872613557     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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