Paleonet: Sclerochronology Listserve

[David Goodwin]

The sclerochronological community is pleased to announce the  
Sclerochronology Listserve.  This listserve is a discussion list for  
all those interested in the field of sclerochronology.  It exists to  
promote electronic communication among sclerochronologists (AKA:  
biologists, ecologists, geologists, and oceanographers).  While  
intended primarily for professionals and students, the  
sclerochronology listserve welcomes participation and input from all  
those interested in the field.

What, you ask, is sclerochronology?  Well...

Sclerochronology is the study of physical and chemical variations in  
the accretionary hard tissues of organisms, and the temporal context  
in which they formed. Sclerochonology focuses primarily upon growth  
patterns reflecting annual, monthly, fortnightly, tidal, daily, and  
sub-daily increments of time entrained by a host of environmental and  
astronomical pacemakers. Familiar examples include daily banding in  
reef coral skeletons or annual growth rings in mollusk shells.  
Sclerochronology is analogous to dendrochronology, the study of  
annual rings in trees, and equally seeks to deduce organismal life  
history traits as well as to reconstruct records of environmental and  
climatic change through space and time.


To subscribe to the list:

Send a mail to mailserv at denison.edu containing the following line in  
the message body:

	subscribe sclerochronology name at university.com

where "name at university.com" is your e-mail address.


You will then receive an e-mail asking for confirmation that you  
indeed wish to join the list.  After responding to the confirmation e- 
mail you will receive another message detailing how to post new  
messages as well as how to unsubscribe.

Regards,
Dave Goodwin

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David H. Goodwin
Assistant Professor
Department of Geosciences
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