Mid-Holocene sea surface conditions and riverine influence on the inshore Great Barrier Reef

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 885-897

  Roche, Ronan C ^a   Perry, Christopher T ^b   Smithers, Scott G ^c   Leng, Melanie J ^d,e   Grove, Craig A ^f   Sloane, Hilary J ^e   Unsworth, Catherine E ^g  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; luminescence; microatoll; mid Holocene; Porites; riverine influence

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE; SUMMER; ATOLL; BARRIER REEF; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL; FRESHWATER INPUT; LUMINESCENCE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER;

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

PORITES;

EID: 84904333759     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614534739     Document Type: Article

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