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Growth rates of the deep-sea scleractinia Desmophyllum cristagalli and Enallopsammia rostrata
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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 modern specimens to constrain the range of growth rates. Mechanical and chemical cleaning of each sample are required to isolate the radionuclides trapped in the coral skeleton from surface contaminants...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
- Volume:
- 227
- Issue:
- 3-4
- Pages:
- 481-490
- Publication date:
- 2004-11-15
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- ISSN:
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0012-821X
- Source identifiers:
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82550
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:82550
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2004
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