Climatic effects on the δ18O and δ13C of cellulose in the desert tree Tamarix jordanis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3305-3309

  Lipp, J ^a   Trimborn, P ^a   Edwards, T ^d   Waisel, Y ^b   Yakir, D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d NONE

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EID: 0001447236     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00166-4     Document Type: Article

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