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Structural analysis and paleoenvironmental potential of dog cockle shells (Glycymeris glycymeris) in Brittany, northwest France
To compensate for the lack of high resolution data on variation in environmental parameters before the establishment of monitoring networks, we evaluated dog cockle shells (Glycymeris glycymeris; Mollusca: Bivalvia) as archives for temperature and climate perturbations such as the North Atlantic Osc...
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Published in: | Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 2013-03, Vol.373, p.123-132 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | To compensate for the lack of high resolution data on variation in environmental parameters before the establishment of monitoring networks, we evaluated dog cockle shells (Glycymeris glycymeris; Mollusca: Bivalvia) as archives for temperature and climate perturbations such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) over the last 50years. Oxygen isotope compositions were measured from annual increments of shells collected from the Bay of Brest and the Chausey Islands in northwestern France. Simultaneously, sclerochronological analyses were performed on the same shells. Oxygen isotopic ratios measured in shells collected from the Bay of Brest were compared to in situ temperature and salinity data from monitoring stations and buoys in order to build a specific paleotemperature equation (r2=0.87; p |
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ISSN: | 0031-0182 1872-616X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.033 |