Comparative sclerochronology of modern and mid-Pliocene (c. 3.5 Ma) Aequipecten opercularis (Mollusca, Bivalvia): an insight into past and future climate change in the north-east Atlantic region

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 164-179

  Johnson, Andrew L A ^a   Hickson, Jonathan A ^a   Bird, Annemarie ^a   Schöne, Bernd R ^b   Balson, Peter S ^c   Heaton, Timothy H E ^c   Williams, Mark ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aequipecten; Arctica; Climate; North Sea; Pliocene; Sclerochronology

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SCLERITE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

AEQUIPECTEN; AEQUIPECTEN OPERCULARIS; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 70549106040     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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