Oxygen isotope fluctuations in a modern North Sea oyster (Crassostrea gigas) compared with annual variations in seawater temperature: Implications for palaeoclimate studies

Chemical Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 160-166

  Ullmann, Clemens V ^a   Wiechert, Uwe ^a   Korte, Christoph ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Modern oyster; North Sea; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; GERMANY; GIGAS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ISOTOPE VALUES; MODERN OYSTER; NORTH SEA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; OYSTER SHELL; PACIFIC OYSTER; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; TIME SPAN; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BIOMINERALIZATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TEMPERATURE;

SHELLFISH;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIVALVE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 77956615915     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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