A 538-year record of climate and treeline dynamics from the lower Lena River region of northern Siberia, Russia

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 334-339

  MacDonald, G M ^a   Case, R A ^a   Szeicz, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; TREELINE;

LENA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 0032435743     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552005     Document Type: Article

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