Freshwater bivalves tell of past climates: But how clearly do shells from polluted rivers speak?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-57

  Dunca, Elena ^a,b   Schöne, Bernd R ^b   Mutvei, Harry ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidification; Climate proxy; Eutrophication; River; Sclerochronology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIVALVE; EUTROPHICATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RIVER POLLUTION; SHELL;

BIVALVIA; MARGARITIFERA MARGARITIFERA; UNIO CRASSUS;

EID: 27744585051     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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