Evaluating climate indices and their geochemical proxies measured in corals

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1997
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Fairbanks, R. G.; Evans, M. N.; Rubenstone, J. L.; Mortlock, R. A.; Broad, K.; Moore, M. D.; Charles, C. D.
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Coral Reefs
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Jun
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16
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S93-S100
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0722-4028
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ISI:A1997XP53400011
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sea-surface temperature; southern oscillation; el-nino; variability; precipitation; ratios; record; sr/ca; reef;
Abstract: 

Standard ocean/climate indices such as the Nino-3 sea surface temperature (SST) index, based on sparse instrumental data, and atmospheric indices such as the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), may now be substituted and/or extended by coral-based indices. Several elements or their isotopes are incorporated in coral aragonitic skeletons at predictable concentrations, some of which are temperature or salinity dependent. The availability of century-old corals, at key oceanographic sites, permits the establishment of a network of proxy climate indices.

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Suppl. SXp534Times Cited:25Cited References Count:32

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