Signal strength and climate relationships in13C/12C ratios of tree ring cellulose from oak in southwest Finland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1487-1490

  Robertson, I ^a   Rolfe, J ^a   Switsur, V R ^a   Carter, A H C ^a   Hall, M A ^a   Barker, A C ^b   Waterhouse, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; CARBON; CELLULOSE; ISOTOPES;

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; TREE RING CELLULOSE;

FORESTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE;

QUERCUS ROBUR;

OAKS; TREE RINGS;

CELLULOSE; CLIMATE SIGNAL; OAK; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0031153940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01293     Document Type: Article

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