Biogeosciences
Biogeosciences
BG
Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2317-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2317-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
Research article
 | 
21 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2023

The fossil bivalve Angulus benedeni benedeni: a potential seasonally resolved stable-isotope-based climate archive to investigate Pliocene temperatures in the southern North Sea basin

Nina M. A. Wichern, Niels J. de Winter, Andrew L. A. Johnson, Stijn Goolaerts, Frank Wesselingh, Maartje F. Hamers, Pim Kaskes, Philippe Claeys, and Martin Ziegler

Viewed

Total article views: 2,767 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
1,892 777 98 2,767 99 108
  • HTML: 1,892
  • PDF: 777
  • XML: 98
  • Total: 2,767
  • BibTeX: 99
  • EndNote: 108
Views and downloads (calculated since 12 Oct 2022)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 12 Oct 2022)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,767 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,689 with geography defined and 78 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 08 Mar 2026
Download
Short summary
Fossil bivalves are an excellent climate archive due to their rapidly forming growth increments and long lifespan. Here, we show that the extinct bivalve species Angulus benedeni benedeni can be used to reconstruct past temperatures using oxygen and clumped isotopes. This species has the potential to provide seasonally resolved temperature data for the Pliocene to Oligocene sediments of the North Sea basin. In turn, these past climates can improve our understanding of future climate change.
Read more
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint