Palaeoclimate from Corals

Authors

Helen V. McGregor, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

83552

Publication Details

McGregor, H. V. (2011). Palaeoclimate from Corals. In D. Hopley (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs (pp. 777-785). Netherlands: Springer.

Abstract

Definition- Coral paleoclimatology is the use of geochemical records from the skeletons of fossil or modern corals to reconstruct tropical climate variability during the time the coral lived. Introduction- Ocean–atmosphere interactions in the tropics have farreaching consequences for climate variability across the globe.