A 6,300-year-old window into the past
Subtitle: retrospective analysis of nearshore marine communities based on analysis of archeological material and isotopic analysis
By: Gail V. Irvine ... [et al.].
Contributors: Irvine, Gail Vivienne.; Carpenter, Scott J.; Mann, Daniel Hamilton.; Schaaf, Jeanne M.; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.
Publisher: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Alaska -- Shelikof Strait.; Ocean temperature -- Alaska -- Shelikof Strait.; Clams -- Climatic factors -- Alaska -- Shelikof Strait.; Mytilus trossulus -- Climatic factors -- Alaska -- Shelikof Strait.; Kitchen-middens -- Alaska -- Mink Island.; Paleoclimatology -- Holocene.; Paleoceanography -- Holocene.; Shelikof Strait (Alaska)
Other titles: Six thousand three hundred year-old window into the past :; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring and Research Project final report
Description: Natural stable isotope analysis of bivalve midden material from the Mink Island site, part of Katmai National Park and Preserve contrasted with comparable analyses of modern material from the same site has revealed marked differences in ocean conditions and climate through time. Shells examined were of the butter clam (Saxidomus giganteus) and mussel (Mytilus trossulus).
Notes: Additional authors: Scott J. Carpenter, Dan H. Mann, Jeanne M. Schaaf.

Authors affiliated with: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center; Dept. of Geoscience, University of Iowa (Iowa City); Institute of Arctic Biology; Lake Clark-Katmai Studies Center, National Park Service (Anchorage).

"GEM project 030656/A."

"October 2003."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-17).

Final report.

Available also via Internet.

Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council

This item was harvested from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council web site:  http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/Store/Final_Reports/491.pdf in September 2006 for the Alaska State Publications Program; remote access available via StaticURL.
Table of contents: title: Objectives; title: Study site and its physical setting; title: Methods; title: Selection of material for isotopic analysis; title: Analytical facilities; title: Carbonate micro-sampling methodology; title: Results and interpretation; title: Modern shells-collected alive from Mink Island (10/7/02); title: Comparison of Saxidomus results; title: Mid-Holocene Climatic Optimum (Hypsithermal); title: Little Ice Age; title: Medieval Warm Period; title: Comparison of Saxidomus and Mytilus patterns.