Oceanographic variability in the south pacific convergence zone region over the last 210 years from multi-site coral Sr/Ca records

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1435-1453

  Wu, Henry C ^a   Linsley, Braddock K ^b   Dassié, Emilie P ^b   Schiraldi, Benedetto ^c   Demenocal, Peter B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Porites coral; sea surface temperature; South Pacific Convergence Zone; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

AMPLITUDE VARIABILITY; OCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; PORITES; PREDOMINANT CONTROL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CALCIUM; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRONTIUM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 84879859278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004293     Document Type: Article

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