Articles | Volume 12, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5677-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5677-2015
Research article
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08 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2015

A novel paleo-bleaching proxy using boron isotopes and high-resolution laser ablation to reconstruct coral bleaching events

G. Dishon, J. Fisch, I. Horn, K. Kaczmarek, J. Bijma, D. F. Gruber, O. Nir, Y. Popovich, and D. Tchernov

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 Aug 2015) by Aldo Shemesh
AR by Dan Tchernov on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2015)
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Sep 2015) by Aldo Shemesh
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Sep 2015)
ED: Publish as is (16 Sep 2015) by Aldo Shemesh
AR by Dan Tchernov on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2015)
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This paper offers a new methodology to study paleo-coral bleaching events using high-resolution femtosecond Laser Ablation Multiple Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Coral bleaching records only go back several decades, but this new proxy allows the study of bleaching events that occurred tens of thousands of years ago. Unlike other methods, the high-resolution of the method can detect bleaching events that occur over very short time periods, just a few weeks.
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