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Science 27 April 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4391, pp. 404 - 407
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4391.404
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Strontium-Calcium Thermometry in Coral Skeletons

S. V. SMITH 1, R. W. BUDDEMEIER 2, R. C. REDALJE 2, and J. E. HOUCK 2

1 Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Post Office Box 1346, Kanoehe 96744
2 Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822

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.

Submitted on October 23, 1978
Revised on January 24, 1979


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