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CORALS AND SCLEROSPONGES

Ponta Banana, Principe, Sao Tome - Isotope, Luminescence and Density Data
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Swart, P.K., K.S. White, D. Enfield, R.E. Dodge, and P. Milne. 1998. Stable oxygen isotopic composition of corals from the Gulf of Guinea as indicators of periods of extreme precipitation conditions in the sub-Sahara. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(C12):27,885.
Data Coverage North: 1.67 * South: .47
West: 6.58 * East: 7.58
Altitude: -4 m

Start Year: 1928 AD   End Year: 1993 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  atlantic/principe1998.txt
  atlantic/saotome1998.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.
More Info on Corals and Sclerosponges

Parameters:

del13C; fluor; del18O; dens

Complete XML Record:

noaa-coral-1913  (Last Revised: 2008-06-19 )


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