A skeletal Sr/Ca record preserved in Dipsastraea (Favia) speciosa and implications for coral Sr/Ca thermometry in mid-latitude regions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2873-2885

  Seo, Inah ^a,b   Lee, Yong Il ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^c   Yamano, Hiroya ^d   Shimamura, Michiyo ^c   Yoo, Chan Min ^b   Hyeong, Kiseong ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipsastraea (Favia) speciosa; mid latitude coral; paleoclimate proxy; sea surface temperature; Sr Ca thermometry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MIXING; REEFS; THERMOMETERS;

DIPSASTRAEA (FAVIA) SPECIOSA; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MARGINAL SEAS; MEAN SEA SURFACES; MID-LATITUDE CORAL; PALEOCLIMATE PROXY; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CORAL; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SKELETON;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ANTHOZOA; FAVIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84885120649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20195     Document Type: Article

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