The isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon in the subfossil mollusc shells of the Baltic Sea as an indicator of palaeosalinity
作者:
JAAN‐MATI PUNNING,
TÖNU MARTMA,
HELGI KESSEL,
REIN VAIKMÄE,
期刊:
Boreas
(WILEY Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 1
页码: 27-31
ISSN:0300-9483
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1111/j.1502-3885.1988.tb00120.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopic composistion in mollusc shells in mainly determined by the isotopic composition of water and dissolved bicarbonate. The δ18O values of water show a good correlation with the salinity of the Baltic. This correlation served as a basis for reconstructing palaeosalinity and for stratifying the marine sediments according to the δ18O values of the carbonate skeletons of subfossil shells. The δ13C values in shells are mainly determined by the isotopic composition of land‐originating bicarbonate, especially in the carbonate skeleton ofLymnaea balthica, which inhabits the immediate coastal zone. According to the δ18O data, salinity in the investigated area (the coastal area of W and NW Estonia) was highest (about 9–11%) during the Littorina stage. The Limnae a stage had, in general, a salinity similar to the contemporary one, but during some phases possibly exceeding i
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