Oyster_Shell_height: Formula that calculates shell height through time
Description
Formula that calculates shell height at the moment of deposition of
each shell 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>
Usage
Oyster_Shell_height(cross_section, incr_matrix)
Arguments
incr_matrix
Matrix listing characteristics of each digitized
increment
cross_section
Digitized cross section of the shell with shell top,
bottom and growth increments relative to a common X-axis
Value
incr_matrix
Updated matrix listing characteristics of each digitized
increment, shell height values as well as the coordinates of both ends of
the shell increments are added
Details
Shell height is calculated via the Pythagorean Theorem using the
X- and Y-coordinates of both ends of the shell increment with extreme
X-values
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.