Refinement and utilization of the marine climate proxy Arctica islandica: An ideal replication strategy for stable isotope studies and an investigation into the shell growth and hydrographic variability of Georges Bank (Northwestern Atlantic)

• Main Author: Ballew, Jared Daniel Brenzink
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Iowa State University Digital Repository 2018
• Subjects: Arctica Islandica; Georges Bank; Gulf of Maine; Paleoclimatology; Sclerochronology; Stable Isotope Geochemistry; Climate; Geochemistry; Geology; Oceanography; Paleontology; Arctic; Nantucket; Arctica islandica; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/16313; https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7320&context=etd

This thesis presents two studies that discuss the further refinement and utilization of the marine climate proxy Arctica islandica. The first study uses a Monte Carlo simulation to examine the relationship between replication and uncertainty for climate reconstructions utilizing oxygen isotopes, car...