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Abrupt decrease in tropical Pacific sea surface salinity at end of Little Ice Age

Date

Authors

Hendy, E

Gagan, Michael

Alibert, C

McCulloch, Malcolm

Lough, Janice

Isdale, Peter

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Abstract

A 420-year history of strontium/calcium, uranium/calcium, and oxygen isotope ratios in eight coral cores from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, indicates that sea surface temperature and salinity were higher in the 18th century than in the 20th century.

Keywords

Keywords: Calcium; Isotopes; Oxygen; Salinity measurement; Transport properties; Sea surface salinity; Marine biology; calcium; isotope; oxygen; strontium; uranium; coral reef; Little Ice Age; sea surface salinity; article; Australia; evaporation; latitude; Pacific

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73510

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Science

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1126/science.1067693

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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