Biomineralized composites, which are usually composed of microscopic mineral building
blocks organized in 3D intercrystalline organic matrices, have evolved unique structural …

Over the past decade, sclerochronological research has continued to develop rapidly and is
diversifying with respect to methods, taxa, geographic coverage as well as temporal depth …

Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) constitutes an extremely sensitive technique for
imaging surfaces in 2D and 3D. Apart from its excellent sensitivity and high lateral resolution …

Paleoclimate research has built a framework for Earth's climate changes over the past 65
million years or even longer. However, our knowledge of weather-timescale extreme events …

Giant clams are reef-dwelling bivalves that reach unusual sizes through a partnership with
photosymbiotic algae. To date, no shell-based biogeochemical proxy has been found which …

This study presents subdaily resolved chemical records through fossil mollusk shell calcite.
Trace element profiles resolve periodic variability across~ 40‐μm‐thin daily growth laminae …

High-resolution δ18O and Sr/Ca ratio profiles of a modern (live-caught) and a fossil (dead-
collected) giant bivalve shell (Tridacna gigas) from northern South China Sea were …

Tropical giant clams of the subfamily Tridacninae, including the species Tridacna maxima,
are unique among bivalves as they live in a symbiotic relationship with unicellular algae and …

Giant clams can grow to large sizes despite living in oligotrophic waters of the tropical Indo-
Pacific as they maintain a mutualistic relationship with symbiotic dinoflagellates …

In many biogenic and geogenic materials, ion impurities can provide serviceable proxies for
environmental conditions. However, the element/Ca ratios of bivalve shells are notoriously …