《High resolution oxygen isotope and grayscale records of a medieval fossil giant clamTridacna gigas in the South China Sea：physiological and paleoclimatic implications》.pdfVIP

Acta Oceanol. Sin., 2014, Vol. 33, No. 8, P. 18–25 DOI: 10.1007/s13131-014-0399-4 E-mail: hyxbe@263.net High resolution oxygen isotope and grayscale records of a medieval fossil giant clam (Tridacna gigas) in the South China Sea: physiological and paleoclimatic implications 1,2 3 2 YAN Hong , WANG Yuhong , SUN Liguang * 1 State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710075, China 2 Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 3 Advanced Management Research Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China Received 26 December 2012; accepted 16 June 2013 ©The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract Mollusks are well known for their detailed recording of paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic changes in their carbonate shells. In this study, we constructed 18-year blue color intensity and oxygen isotope profiles of a 14 18 C dated (AD 990±40) fossil giant clam, Tridacna gigas, from Shidao Island, South China Sea. The δ O profile of the T. gigas specimen displayed regular annual cycles and was probably controlled by seasonal variations of the climatic parameters. The blue color intensity profile showed good agreement with the 18 δ O series, and both had 18 clear annual cycles in accordance with the 18 visually identified annual growth bands. The annual shell growth rate determined from the blue color intensity and oxygen isotope profiles indicated that the annual shell increment of the Tridacna specimen was stable after the onset of sexual ma- turity. Spectral analysis of the δ18O and blue color intensity time series sugg