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Giant bivalves ( Tridacna gigas ) as recorders of ENSO variability

Date

Authors

Welsh, K

Elliot, M.

Tudhope, A W

Ayling, Bridget

Chappell, John

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We compare monthly resolved oxygen isotope records derived from a giant bivalve shell, Tridacna gigas and massive Porites corals collected along the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. This intercomparison study demonstrates that δ18O profiles obtained f

Keywords

Keywords: Bivalve shells; Bivalves; Clam shell; Climate condition; Coral skeleton; Corals; ENSO; Gigas; Interannual; Intercomparisons; Isotopic composition; Oxygen isotope records; Oxygen isotopes; Papua New Guinea; Porites; Robust estimate; Sea surface temperature Bivalves; Corals; ENSO; Oxygen isotopes

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69715

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.032

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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