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CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES

Kurrimine Beach, Brook Island, Britomart Reef, Great Palm Island, Lodestone Reef, Pandora Reef, Havannah Island - del18O, Sr/Ca, and U/Ca Data

Map of data site
Hendy, E.J., M.K. Gagan, C.A. Alibert, M.T. McCulloch, J.M. Lough, P.J. Isdale. 2002. Abrupt decrease in tropical Pacific sea surface salinity at end of Little Ice Age. Science 295(5559):1511-1514, February 22, 2002.
Data Coverage North: -17.78 * South: -18.85
West: 146.13 * East: 147.1

Start Year: 1562 AD   End Year: 1988 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  west_pacific/great_barrier/hendydata.txt
  west_pacific/great_barrier/readme_hendy2002.txt

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.
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Parameters:

SrCa; del18O; readme; UCa

Complete XML Record:

noaa-coral-1869  (Last Revised: 2008-06-19 )


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