Stable isotope composition of the modern freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-387

  Yan, Hui ^a   Lee, Xinqing ^b   Zhou, Hui ^b,c   Cheng, Hongguang ^b,c   Peng, Yan ^b,c   Zhou, Zhihong ^b,c  

^a XUCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Corbicula fluminea; Metabolic effects; Oxygen and carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA;

EID: 79955901522     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0035     Document Type: Article

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