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Western Pacific coral 18O records of anomalous Holocene variability in the El Nino-Southern Oscillation

Date

Authors

McGregor, Helen

Gagan, Michael

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Skeletal oxygen isotope ratios in Holocene Porites corals from northern Papua New Guinea record decreases in sea surface temperature (SST) and rainfall during El Niño events. Threshold analysis of seven fossil coral δ18O records spanning the period 7.6-

Keywords

Keywords: Atmospherics; Climatology; Oxygen; Sea level; Wind effects; Anomalous holocene variability; Western Pacific coral; Biodiversity; coral record; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; Holocene; intertropical convergence zone; oxygen isotope; sea surface temperature

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/80383

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Geophysical Research Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1029/2004GL019972

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