North Pacific climate recorded in growth rings of geoduck clams: A new tool for paleoenvironmental reconstruction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Strom, Are ^a   Francis, Robert C ^b   Mantua, Nathan J ^b   Miles, Edward L ^b   Peterson, David L ^c  

^a WDFW Point Whitney Shellfish Lab   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

GEODUCK CLAMS; GROWTH RINGS; INTERDECADAL SCALES; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION;

GEODESY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

PANOPEA ABRUPTA;

EID: 18544407073     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004gl019440     Document Type: Article

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