VARIATIONS IN SYNODIC CYCLE DURATION RECO RDED BY PECTINID SHELLS OVER THE LAST 200-MILLION YEARS

Authors
CHIESI F SCHEIN E ROUX M
Citation
F. Chiesi et al., VARIATIONS IN SYNODIC CYCLE DURATION RECO RDED BY PECTINID SHELLS OVER THE LAST 200-MILLION YEARS, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 321(5), 1995, pp. 353-359
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
321
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
353 - 359
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1995)321:5<353:VISCDR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The number of days per synodic cycle was estimated from growth rhythms of Bivalve shells belonging to the family Pectinidae over the last 20 0 million years. Large variations are documented. Their linking to pla te tectonic activity and to the development of the Quaternary glaciati on is discussed. The possibility of a relation with change in Earth's rotation raises problems of interpretation.