title: Growth rate of a vesicomyid clam from the galapagos spreading center.
abstract: The shell of a 19-centimeter-long vesicomyid clam, collected live at the Galápagos spreading center hydrothermal field, was sampled along growth lines and analyzed for members of the (238)U and (232)Th decay series. The growth rate, determined from the (210)Po/(210)Pb and (228)Th/(228)Ra couples, is about 4 centimeters per year along the axis of maximum growth, which is 12 centimeters long. This yields an age of 3 to 4 years for this clam.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Turekian
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Cochran