Open AccessCorals Reveal Ancient Ocean Temperatures in Great Barrier Reef
Author(s) -
Sarah Stanley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo061855
Subject(s) - great barrier reef , oceanography , reef , geology
Old coral colonies suggest that a prehistoric warming event called the mid-Holocene Thermal Maximum may have occurred earlier than previously thought.