Madagascar corals track sea surface temperature variability in the Agulhas Current core region over the past 334 years

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zinke, J ^a   Loveday, B R ^b   Reason, C J C ^b   Dullo, W C ^c   Kroon, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84897858125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04393     Document Type: Article

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