This paper reviews North Atlantic shelf seas palaeoclimate during the interval 4–3 Ma, prior
to and incorporating the 'Mid-Pliocene warm period'(ca 3.29–2.97 Ma). Fossil assemblages …

We discuss the possible links between the fossil record of marine biodiversity, nutrient
availability and primary productivity. The parallelism of the fossil records of marine …

Most bivalve shells contain macroscopic growth-increment patterns which form with an
annual periodicity. These are best observed in radial shell cross-sections and consist of …

Annual-oxygen isotope profiles from two live-collected specimens of Chione cortezi
Carpenter were analyzed in conjunction with daily growth-increment width profiles and high …

Paleotemperature proxy data form the cornerstone of paleoclimate research and are integral
to understanding the evolution of the Earth system across the Phanerozoic Eon. Here, we …

The American or eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, can potentially serve as a recorder of
environmental change in estuarine habitats. However, before oysters can confidently be …

Sclerochronology, the study of periodic increments in skeletal organisms, can decipher the
life history and environmental records preserved in fossil shells. Two powerful tools used in …

Seasonal sea-surface temperature variability for the Neoglacial (3300–2500BP) and Roman
Warm Period (RWP; 2500–1600BP), which correspond to the Bronze and Iron Ages …

Hotspots of tropical marine biodiversity are areas that harbour disproportionately large
numbers of species compared to surrounding regions. The richness and location of these …

This study explores the potential of intertidal Protothaca staminea shells as high-resolution
geochemical archives of environmental change in a coastal upwelling region. Mg/Ca and …