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The Composition of Tidally Deposited Growth Lines in the Shell of the Edible Cockle, Cerastoderma Edule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Margaret R. Deith
Margaret R. Deith
Affiliation:
The Godwin Laboratory, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS
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The shells of marine invertebrates grow incrementally (Wilbur, 1972). When a section of shell is observed under the microscope, the increments are often visible, separated by fine lines (Fig. 1). Studies of these phenomena have focused chiefly on the periodicity of increment and growth-line formation, principally because of its geological or archaeological application as a ‘biological clock’ (e.g. Wells, 1963; Koike, 1973).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , August 1985 , pp. 573 - 581
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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