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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Eastern Hainan Island, South China Sea Annual Growth Rate Data for 16 Porites Coral Cores from 1860-2003 AD

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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Coral. The data include parameters of corals and sclerosponges with a geographic location of South China Sea, Western Pacific Ocean. The time period coverage is from 90 to -53 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.

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  "What: density; Material: Porites lutea",
  "What: calcification rate; Material: Porites lobata",
  "What: extension rate; Material: Porites lutea",
  "What: calcification rate; Material: Porites lutea",
  "What: extension rate; Material: Porites lobata",
  "What: density; Material: Porites lobata",
  "Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > South China Sea > Eastern Hainan Island > LATITUDE 19.315 > LONGITUDE 110.675",
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modified 2016-03-28T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 1860-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Eastern Hainan Island, South China Sea Annual Growth Rate Data for 16 Porites Coral Cores from 1860-2003 AD

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