The marine radiocarbon bomb pulse across the temperate North Atlantic: A compilation of Δ14C time histories from Arctica islandica growth increments

Radiocarbon

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-186

  Scourse, James D ^a   Wanamaker, Alan D ^b   Weidman, Chris ^c   Heinemeier, Jan ^d   Reimer, Paula J ^e   Butler, Paul G ^a   Witbaard, Rob ^f   Richardson, Christopher A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; BIVALVE; GROWTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84865852158     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.v54i2.16026     Document Type: Article

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