Stable isotopic records in unionid shells as a paleoenvironmental tool

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-408

  Verdegaal, S ^a   Troelstra, Simon R ^a   Beets, C J ^a   Vonhof, H B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Isotopic signature; Paleo reconstructions; Stable isotopes; Unionids

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELL;

UNIONIDAE;

EID: 29244471320     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600021211     Document Type: Article

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