Drivers of coral reconstructed salinity in the South China Sea and Maritime Continent: the influence of the 1976 Indo‐Pacific climate shift

• Main Authors: Kannad, Ankitha, Goodkin, Nathalie F., Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Murty, Sujata A., Ramos, Riovie D., Smerdon, Jason E., Gordon, Arnold L.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Indo-Pacific Climate Shift; Sea Surface Salinity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165585

The flow of Pacific water into the Indian Ocean via the South China Sea (SCS) and Maritime Continent (MC) plays an important role in the ocean thermohaline circulation providing the only low-latitude pathway for the inter-ocean exchange of heat and salt. The transport of the SCS and Indonesian throu...