Holocene climate and seasonality of shell collection at the Dundas Islands Group, northern British Columbia, Canada-A bivalve sclerochronological approach

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-172

  Hallmann, N ^a   Burchell, M ^b   Brewster, N ^b   Martindale, A ^c   Schone B R ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oxygen isotopes; Paleoenvironment; Saxidomus gigantea; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SHELL; SHELLFISH; TEMPORAL RECORD;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DUNDAS ISLAND;

BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; SAXIDOMUS GIGANTEA; SAXIDOMUS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 84874250284     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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