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Coral record of equatorial sea-surface temperatures during the penultimate deglaciation of Huon Peninsula

McCulloch, Malcolm; Tudhope, A W; Esat, Tezer; Mortimer, Graham; Chappell, John; Pillans, Bradley; Chivas, A R; Omura, A

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Uplifted coral terraces at Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, preserve a record of sea level, sea-surface temperature, and salinity from the penultimate deglaciation. Remnants have been found of a shallow-water reef that formed during a pause, similar to the Younger Dryas, in the penultimate deglaciation at 130,000 ± 2000 years ago, when sea level was 60 to 80 meters lower than it is today. Porites coral, which grew during this period, has oxygen isotopic values and strontium/calcium ratios that...[Show more]

CollectionsANU Research Publications
Date published: 1999
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93866
Source: Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5399.202

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