Confounding effects of coral growth and high SST variability on skeletal Sr/Ca: Implications for coral paleothermometry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1277-1293

  Grove, Craig A ^a   Kasper, Sebastian ^a,b   Zinke, Jens ^a,c,d   Pfeiffer, Miriam ^b   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^e   Brummer, Geert Jan A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

coral; ENSO; growth; Sr Ca; SST; vital effect

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CORAL; ENSO; GROWTH PARAMETERS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SKELETAL DENSITY; SST; VITAL EFFECTS;

THERMOMETERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CALCIUM; CORAL REEF; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH RATE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; STRONTIUM; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

MADAGASCAR;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES LUTEA;

EID: 84878417001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20095     Document Type: Article

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