Spondylus gaederopus: A new Mediterranean climate archive - based on high-resolution oxygen and carbon isotope analyses

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 291, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 228-238

  Maier, E ^a   Titschack, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Mediterranean sea; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate; Spondylus gaederopus

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; FRESHWATER INPUT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRESERVATION; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH;

DODECANESE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHODES; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

BIVALVIA; SPONDYLUS GAEDEROPUS;

EID: 78449245239     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.032     Document Type: Article

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