45621
Accession Number
32774
Title Of Article Chaper
Corals as paleontological clocks
Title Of Journal Book
Scientific American
Volume
215
Issue
4
Pages
26-33
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Banding on certain corals evidently represents annual, monthly and daily growth. Ancient corals thus provide clues to the length of the year in past eras and changes in the earth's rotation.
Keywords
Dating, geology; Dating, paleontology
pub_id
45621