Northern North American tree-ring evidence for regional temperature changes after major volcanic events

Climatic Change

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  D'Arrigo, Rosanne D ^a   Jacoby, Gordon C ^a  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0032980544     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005370210796     Document Type: Article

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