Sr/Ca and radiocarbon analysis for fossil corals -for reconstruction of mid-Holocene sea-surface temperature in the East China Sea-

Abstract

Several brief cold events are reported during Holocene. However, the lack of records from regions such as the East China Sea results in an incomplete understanding of the underlying cooling mechanism. Here, we present a coral-based paleo-sea-surface temperature reconstruction from fossil corals. Our data indicate a differing seasonal SST response between summer and winter during the cold event, PME (Pulleniatina Minimum Event). This result provides an important insight into understanding the mechanism of the cold event in the East China Sea.