Discrete bands of petroleum hydrocarbons and molecular organic markers identified within massive coral skeletons

• Main Authors: Readman, James W., Tolosa, Imma, Law, Ah Theem, Bartocci, Jean, Azemard, S., Hamilton, T., Mee, Laurence D., Wagener, Angela De Luca R., Le Tissier, M., Roberts, Callum M., Downing, Nigel, Price, Andrew R. G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1996
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35800/1/Discrete%20bands%20of%20petroleum%20hydrocarbons%20and%20molecular%20organic%20markers%20identified%20within%20massive%20coral%20skeletons.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35800/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0025326X96839749

The tissues of corals deposit an aragonite exoskeleton beneath their outer living film at a rate dependent on growth and hence on environmental conditions. This typically results in annual (seasonal) bands being formed within colonies. By analysing molecular organic markers within these bands, our r...