A 1119-year tree-ring-width chronology from western Prince William sound, southern Alaska

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-84

  Barclay, David J ^a,c   Wiles, Gregory C ^b   Calkin, Parker E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Late Holocene; Palaeoclimate; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032929557     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399672825976     Document Type: Article

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