Cold-water corals of the Northeast Atlantic margin: Archives of intermediate water circulation during the Holocene

• Main Authors: Frank, N., Paterne, M., Ayliffe, L., Lutringer, A., Blamart, D., Henriet, J.P., van Weering, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Porcupine Bank; Porcupine Seabight; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=199342

We present combined 230 Th/U and 14 C dating and stable isotope analyses on benthic corals from the northeastern North Atlantic in order to investigate past changes of the thermohaline circulation. The reef forming cold-water corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata were raised from intermediat...