Discerning the timing and cause of historical mortality events in modern Porites from the Great Barrier Reef

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-80

  Clark, Tara R ^a   Zhao, Jian xin ^a   Roff, George ^a   Feng, Yue xing ^a   Done, Terence J ^b   Nothdurft, Luke D ^c   Pandolfi, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84900791979     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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