Corals record low mobile barium concentrations in the Burdekin River during the 1974 flood: evidence for limited Ba supply to rivers?

Sinclair, Daniel; McCulloch, Malcolm

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Corals record low mobile barium concentrations in the Burdekin River during the 1974 flood: evidence for limited Ba supply to rivers?

Date

2004

Authors

Sinclair, Daniel

McCulloch, Malcolm

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Porites corals collected from two coastal locations in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) of Australia, have been analysed for trace elements by laser-ablation ICP-MS, and fluorescence by photographic techniques. The sites were selected because they experience