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CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES

Tarawa Atoll - Stable Isotope and Mn/Ca Data

Map of data site
Cole, J.E., R.G. Fairbanks, and G.T. Shen. 1993. The spectrum of recent variability in the Southern Oscillation: Results from a Tarawa Atoll coral. Science 260:1790-1793.
Data Coverage North: 1 * South: 1
West: 172 * East: 172
Altitude: -3 m

Start Year: 1959 AD   End Year: 1979 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  west_pacific/readme_tarawa.txt
  west_pacific/tarawa1.txt
 Plot: coral/tar39c13.gif
 Plot: coral/tar39o18.gif
 Plot: coral/tar44c13.gif
 Plot: coral/tar44o18.gif

Summary:

Records of past climate and ocean environment derived from stable isotope, trace metal, and other measurements made on corals and sclerosponges. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
More Info on Corals and Sclerosponges

Parameters:

MnCa; del18O; readme; del13C

Complete XML Record:

noaa-coral-1845  (Last Revised: 2007-09-05 )


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