Minute co-variations of Sr/Ca ratios and microstructures in the aragonitic shell of Cerastoderma edule (Bivalvia) – Are geochemical variations at the ultra-scale masking potential environmental signals?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.02.019
Abstract: Abstract It remains a challenging task to reconstruct water temperatures from Sr/Ca ratios of bivalve shells. Although in many aragonitic species, Sr/Ca is negatively correlated to temperature – which is expected based on abiogenic precipitation… read more here.
Keywords: growth lines; shell portions; shell; cerastoderma edule ... See more keywords