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Sclerochronology

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Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs

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Coral chronometersRelated to Dendrochronology

Definition

Sclerochronology: The term sclerochronology is derived from the Greek words sklero, meaning “hard,” and chronos, meaning “time.” The field of sclerochronology is the study of periodicities stored in accreted hard parts and skeletons of various extant and extinct organisms. The periodicity can range from daily to annual scales and compose chronologies that span years to centuries, thus providing potentially long records of historical variations. Annual periodicity provides a chronology for determining age, growth rates, and reconstructions of environmental influences. Along with the recorded growth chronologies, the chemical composition of the skeleton also contains temporal records based on isotopic ratios and trace elemental concentrations, which can be used to reconstruct proxy paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic records. Studies of skeletal growth and geochemical records have been used within the broader fields of...

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Helmle, K.P., Dodge, R.E. (2011). Sclerochronology. In: Hopley, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_22

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