Precise temporal correlation of Holocene mollusk shells using sclerochronology

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 236-246

  Marchitto Jr , Thomas M ^a   Jones, Glenn A ^b   Goodfriend, Glenn A ^c   Weidman, Christopher R ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SCLEROCHRONOLOGY; SHELL;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0343091990     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2107     Document Type: Article

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