Growth Increments (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Growth Increments

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Enlarged image of the shell edge showing a stripe pattern of growth increments. Geochemical analysis of increments reveals the clam's paleoenvironment.

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Komagoe T. et al., <i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences</i>, April 19, 2018

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