Oxygen isotope ratios in the shell of Mytilus edulis: Archives of glacier meltwater in Greenland?

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5231-5241

  Versteegh, E A A ^a   Blicher, M E ^b   Mortensen, J ^b   Rysgaard, S ^b,c,d   Als, T D ^e   Wanamaker, A D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIVALVE; CALCITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SHELL; SHORELINE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84871444118     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-5231-2012     Document Type: Article

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