A climatic record from 14C-dated wood fragments from southwestern Colorado

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 781-784

  Epstein, Samuel ^a   Xu, Xiaomei ^a   Carrara, Paul ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033386721     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB900005     Document Type: Article

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