Formula that calculates average shell thickness through time
Formula that calculates average shell thickness through time
Formula that calculates average shell thickness at the moment of deposition of each shell sub-increment from X- and Y-coordinates of the shell increments and adds the result to the matrix of increment characteristics. de Winter, N. J. (2017) doi:10.5194/gmd-2017-137
IncG: Matrix of X- and Y-coordinates of all interpolated sub-increments
subincr_matrix: Data frame that contains characteristics of every sub-increment
Details
Shell thickness is calculated as the average difference in Y-values between the shell sub-increment and the top of the shell (Increment 0)
Returns
subincr_matrix: Revised version of the "incr_matrix" data frame that contains average shell thickness recalculated for every sub-increment
References
de Winter, N. J.: ShellTrace v1.0 ? A new approach for modelling growth and trace element uptake in marine bivalve shells: Model verification on pacific oyster shells (Crassostrea gigas), Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2017-137, in review, 2017.
Author(s)
Niels J. de Winter
Note
Please cite Geoscientific Model Development paper dealing with the ShellTrace model