Upwelling of Pacific Intermediate Water in the South China Sea Revealed by Coral Radiocarbon Record

Annual radiocarbon from a massive Porites lutea coral collected from Hon Tre Island, Vietnam, South China Sea (SCS) was analyzed over a ~100-yr-long period from AD 1900 to 1986. The pre-bomb results from 1900–1953 show a steady Δ14C value of –54.4±1.8‰ (n=60). These values are similar to coral recor...

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Main Authors: Bolton, Annette, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank, Druffel, Ellen R. M., Griffin, Sheila, Murty, Sujata Annavarapu
Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81267
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42248