Testing the precision and accuracy of the U-Th chronometer for dating coral mortality events in the last 100 years

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-45

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral mortality; Great barrier reef; MC ICP MS; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECISION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84902438915     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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