Lithium in the aragonite skeletons of massive Porites corals: A new tool to reconstruct tropical sea surface temperatures

Paleoceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-152

  Hathorne, Ed C ^a,b   Felis, Thomas ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^c   Kawahata, Hodaka ^d   Cabioch, Guy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Lithium; Porites corals; sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CORAL RECORD; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHIUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SKELETON;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; PORITES;

EID: 84876701766     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012PA002311     Document Type: Article

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