Sclerochronological records of Arctica islandica from the inner German Bight

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 763-769

  Epplé, Valérie M ^a,d   Brey, Thomas ^b   Witbaard, Rob ^c   Kuhnert, Henning ^a   Pätzold, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d University of Bremen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctica islandica; Environmental variability; German Bight; Masterchronology; Sclerochronology; Spectral analysis; Time series

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; RECORD; SHELL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 33746906701     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl970rr     Document Type: Article

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