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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2897-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2897-2020
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Research article
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03 Jun 2020
Research article |
| 03 Jun 2020
| 03 Jun 2020
Shell chemistry of the boreal Campanian bivalve Rastellum diluvianum (Linnaeus, 1767) reveals temperature seasonality, growth rates and life cycle of an extinct Cretaceous oyster
Niels J. de Winter
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
AMGC research group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050
Brussels, Belgium
now at: Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Clemens V. Ullmann
Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10
9FE, UK
Anne M. Sørensen
Trap Danmark, Agem All 13, 2970, Hørsholm, Denmark
Nicolas Thibault
Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, University
of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen, Denmark
Steven Goderis
AMGC research group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050
Brussels, Belgium
Stijn J. M. Van Malderen
A&MS research unit, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281,
Building S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Christophe Snoeck
AMGC research group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050
Brussels, Belgium
G-Time Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Stijn Goolaerts
Directorate of Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of
Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Frank Vanhaecke
A&MS research unit, Ghent University, Campus Sterre, Krijgslaan 281,
Building S12, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Philippe Claeys
AMGC research group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050
Brussels, Belgium
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In this study, we present a detailed investigation of the chemical composition of 12 specimens of very well preserved, 78-million-year-old oyster shells from southern Sweden. The chemical data show how the oysters grew, the environment in which they lived and how old they became and also provide valuable information about which chemical measurements we can use to learn more about ancient climate and environment from such shells. In turn, this can help improve climate reconstructions and models.
In this study, we present a detailed investigation of the chemical composition of 12 specimens...
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