An improved understanding of the Alaska coastal current: The application of a bivalve growth-temperature model to reconstruct freshwater-influenced paleoenvironments

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 346-363

  Hallmann, Nadine ^a   Schöne, Bernd R ^a   Irvine, Gail V ^b   Burchell, Meghan ^c   Cokelet, Edward D ^d   Hilton, Michael R ^e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIVALVE; COASTAL CURRENT; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SAXIDOMUS GIGANTEA;

EID: 79959318672     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-151r     Document Type: Article

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