The shell of the Queen Scallop Aequipecten opercularis (L.) as a promising tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: Evidence and reasons for equilibrium stable-isotope incorporation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-337

  Hickson, Jon A ^a   Johnson, Andrew L A ^a   Heaton, Tim H E ^b   Balson, Peter S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; North Sea; Palaeotemperatures; Pectinidae; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SHELL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AEQUIPECTEN OPERCULARIS; BIVALVIA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 0033404110     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00120-0     Document Type: Article

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