Search for changes in groundwater flow as recorded by elemental changes in biogenic carbonates.
Shells of gastropods and bivalves from different sites along the Kenyan coast were analysed for major, minor, trace element and isotopic composition. The aim was to assess the potential of shells to archive short term fluctuations of the physico-chemical characteristics of the environment in which they were thriving and to document differences between sites eventually related with differences in regime of groundwater and surface water flow. Focus was on the bivalve Isognomon sp. common to the area, but other species of bivalves and gastropods were analysed as well.
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| Format: | Report Section biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Esturarine and Coastal Ecology
1998
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| Subjects: | Ground water, Biogenic deposits, Gastropod fisheries, Shells, Outflow waters, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/8443 |
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