The Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa: a proxy for past climate fluctuations?

Sclerochronology was applied to recent, Holocene and Pleistocene samples of Cladocora caespitosa. Late Pliocene samples were recrystallised and thus unsuitable for sclerochronology. Quaternary samples showed a clear, alternating banding pattern as in the living coral, confirming a marked seasonality...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Global and planetary change 2004, Vol.40 (1), p.195-200
Hauptverfasser:	Peirano, A., Morri, C., Bianchi, C.N., Aguirre, J., Antonioli, F., Calzetta, G., Carobene, L., Mastronuzzi, G., Orrù, P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cladocora caespitosa Coral Mediterranean Paleoclimatic reconstruction Sclerochronology
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