Early marine diagenesis in corals and geochemical consequences for paleoceanographic reconstructions

Mueller, Wolfgang; Gagan, Michael; McCulloch, Malcolm

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Early marine diagenesis in corals and geochemical consequences for paleoceanographic reconstructions

Date

2001

Authors

Mueller, Wolfgang

Gagan, Michael

McCulloch, Malcolm

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Detecting the potential geochemical consequences of early marine diagenesis is essential for establishing the validity of past climate reconstructions from coral. We present coral skeletal δ18O and Sr/Ca data for two long coral cores spanning 1839-1994 A