Abstract

ALTHOUGH Wells1 and Scrutton2 suggested methods of studying fossils to determine probable changes in day length, few studies have followed these suggestions. We have examined fossil bivalve shells to try to determine whether the obvious growth lines on the shells are related to tidal or other environmental phenomena. Although the study is continuing, some of the results already obtained are significant.

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