Equatorial Pacific coral geochemical records show recent weakening of the Walker Circulation

Paleoceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1031-1045

  Carilli, Jessica E ^a,b   McGregor, Helen V ^c   Gaudry, Jessica J ^d   Donner, Simon D ^e   Gagan, Michael K ^c   Stevenson, Samantha ^f   Wong, Henri ^a   Fink, David ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

coral; ENSO; geochemistry; oxygen isotopes; paleoclimate; Sr Ca

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CORAL; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WALKER CIRCULATION; WARM POOL; WARMING;

GILBERT ISLANDS; KIRIBATI; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

ANTHOZOA; PORITES;

EID: 84923210504     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014PA002683     Document Type: Article

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