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CORAL DEPOSITS  

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  • Corals are generally members of the order Scleractinia, which have hard calcerous skeletons supporting softer tissues. For paleoclimatic studies, the important coral subgroup is the reef-building, massive corals known as hermatypic corals. Coral growth rates vary and are sensitive to sea surface temperatures (SSTs). Dating coral growth has shown high correspondance between large excursions of oxygen-18 (del18O) and El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. Coral growth studies have led to new information about paleo-SSTs, rainfall, river runoff, ocean circulation, and tropical wind systems.

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  • 2012-06-26 14:01:46.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add broader relation (CORAL DEPOSITS [afeb9962-d3e8-4260-ab2b-e62e11099e31,39959] - BIOLOGICAL RECORDS [5553fe9d-ab0a-4305-86a6-1f7f697e15e4,39951]);
  • 2012-07-19 10:20:24.0 [mpmorahan] insert Definition (id: null text: Corals are generally members of the order Scleractinia, which have hard calcerous skeletons supporting softer tissues. For paleoclimatic studies, the important coral subgroup is the reef-building, massive corals known as hermatypic corals. Coral growth rates vary and are sensitive to sea surface temperatures (SSTs). Dating coral growth has shown high correspondance between large excursions of oxygen-18 (del18O) and El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. Coral growth studies have led to new information about paleo-SSTs, rainfall, river runoff, ocean circulation, and tropical wind systems. language code: en);

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