Growth rates of the deep-sea scleractinia Desmophyllum cristagalli and Enallopsammia rostrata
With uranium rich skeletons and density bands similar to their surface coral counterparts, deep-sea scleractinia are a promising archive of past climate. To improve the utility of fossil samples as monitors of deep ocean variability, we have measured 210Pb and 226 Ra activities in a variety of moder...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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