Strontium-calcium thermometry in coral skeletons.

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The strontium to calcium ratio of skeletal aragonite in three genera of reef-building corals varies as a simple function of temperature and the strontium to calcium ratio of the incubation water. The strontiumlcalcium distribution coefficients of coral aragonite apparently differ from the corresponding coefficient of inorganically precipitated aragonite. With some care, coral skeletons can be used as recording thermometers.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Science

Title: Science (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

ISSN: 0036-8075

ISSN (Print): 0036-8075

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 27 1979

Volume: 204

Issue: 4391

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Publisher Item ID: 204/4391/404

DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4391.404

PubMed ID: 17758014

SO-VID: 7fc69c1d-7ea7-4a24-94e0-e98e41f06c21

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