Strontium isotopic composition of modern and Holocene mollusc shells as a palaeosalinity indicator for the Baltic Sea

Chemical Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 54-66

  Widerlund, Anders ^a   Andersson, Per S ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Holocene mollusc shells; Mytilus edulis; Palaeosalinity; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOLLUSC; PALEOSALINITY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

LITTORINA; MACOMA BALTICA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; RADIX BALTHICA;

EID: 33746397149     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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