Geochemical variation in microstructural shell layers of the southern quahog (Mercenaria campechiensis): Implications for reconstructing seasonality

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 182-190

  Surge, Donna ^a   Walker, Karen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Oxygen and stable carbon isotopes; Prismatic and cross lamellar microstructure; Southwest Florida; Sr : Ca ratios

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SHELL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MERCENARIA CAMPECHIENSIS; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA;

EID: 33746124995     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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