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The effect of skeletal mass accumulation in Porites on coral Sr/Ca and d18O paleothermometry

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Authors

Gagan, Michael

Dunbar, Gavin

Suzuki, Atsushi

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Paleotemperature estimates based on coral Sr/Ca have not been widely accepted because the reconstructed glacial-Holocene shift in tropical sea-surface temperature (∼4-6C) is larger than that indicated by foraminiferal Mg/Ca (∼2-4C). We show that coral

Keywords

Keywords: aragonite; biogenic deposit; calcium; calibration; coral; experimental study; foraminifera; glaciation; growth rate; Holocene; magnesium; oxygen isotope; paleoceanography; paleotemperature; reconstruction; sea surface temperature; skeleton; strontium; tra

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52664

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Paleoceanography

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1029/2011PA002215

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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