Decadal cyclicity of regional mid‐Holocene precipitation: Evidence from Dominican coral proxies

@article{Greer2006DecadalCO,
  title={Decadal cyclicity of regional mid‐Holocene precipitation: Evidence from Dominican coral proxies},
  author={Lisa Greer and Peter K. Swart},
  journal={Paleoceanography},
  year={2006},
  volume={21}
}
[1] The stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopic compositions of four Holocene specimens of Montastraea sp. and Siderastrea sp. coral skeletons from the Dominican Republic were analyzed to examine decadal-scale fluctuations in regional precipitation. The specimens range in length from 47 to 197 years individually and range in age from ∼7.2 to 5.2 kyr. Oscillations in the δ13C and δ18O of coral skeletons from the Holocene Enriquillo Valley occur with a seemingly consistent frequency of 15… 
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