Temperatures, salinity, and stable oxygen isotope values of bottom water and of the mollusc shell Arctica islandica from Nantucket Shoals

• Main Authors: Weidman, Christopher R, Jones, Glenn A
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1994
• Subjects: Age; Arctica islandica; δ18O; Calculated; Counting; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Measured; Nantucket; Salinity; SeaLevel; Temperature; water; TGS; Tide gauge station; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.415790; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.415790

The carbonate shell of the bivalve Arctica islandica has been recognized, for more than a decade, as a potentially important marine geochemical biorecorder owing to this species' great longevity (200+ years) and wide geographic distribution throughout the northern North Atlantic Ocean, a region...