Upwelling of Pacific Intermediate Water in the South China Sea Revealed by Coral Radiocarbon Record

• Main Authors: Bolton, Annette, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank, Druffel, Ellen R. M., Griffin, Sheila, Murty, Sujata Annavarapu
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Porites; South China Sea
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81267; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42248
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Annual radiocarbon from a massive Porites lutea coral collected from Hon Tre Island, Vietnam, South China Sea (SCS) was analyzed over a ~100-yr-long period from AD 1900 to 1986. The pre-bomb results from 1900–1953 show a steady Δ14C value of –54.4±1.8‰ (n=60). These values are similar to coral recor...