Monsoon?tropical ocean interaction in a network of coral records spanning the 20th century

anchoring seasonal maxima and minima of the d18O depth series to March and October of each year. Crosschecks on the age assignments were available through examination of the annual growth bands and the strong semi-annual carbon isotope signal

The annual variability of the Bunaken coral d18O refects the seasonal cycle of both salinity and temperature in the surrounding seawater

The annual variability of the Bunaken coral d18O refects the seasonal cycle of both salinity and temperature in the surrounding seawater. The characteristics and correlations of the Bunaken Island coral d18O record strongly suggestthat it monitors the air-sea interaction associatedwith Southeast Asian summer monsoon.

The annual variability of the Bunaken coral d18O refects the seasonal cycle of both salinity and temperature in the surrounding seawater: "in the Indonesian coral records, coral d18O is more heavily infuenced by rainfall variability." The characteristics and correlations of the Bunaken Island coral d18O record strongly suggestthat it monitors the air-sea interaction associatedwith Southeast Asian summer monsoon.

Bunaken Island, Indonesia Coral Oxygen Isotope Data

d18O (Ocean2kHR_171): interpretation4_scope: '' has been replaced by 'isotope'

Column 'addR3owDH3Gj6JfZ7MfC', with variable name 'yearEnsemble', was added to the dataset
Column 'addRvB156B9MnmbtVq2F', with variable name 'yearEnsemble', was added to the dataset

Finnigan MAT 252 stable isotope mass spectrometer equipped with a Fairbanks carbonate preparation device

; climateInterpretation_seasonality changed - was originally subannual; archiveType changed - was originally Coral (CO); archiveType changed - was originally Coral (CO)

0.12 permil, std deviation of offsets between overlapping colonies

d18O tied to warmest month (Aug) and coolest month (Feb), linear interpolation used to obtain dates between

ENSO variability is the dominant source of d18O variability in the Palmyra fossil-coral d18O records