Hydroclimatic change in southern Manitoba since A.D. 1409 inferred from tree rings

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-111

  St George, Scott ^a   Nielsen, Erik ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Geological Survey   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairies; Dendrochronology; Manitoba; Palaeoclimate; Palaeohydrology; Precipitation; Quercus macrocarpa; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CANADA; MANITOBA; RED RIVER BASIN;

MACROCARPA; QUERCUS MACROCARPA;

EID: 0036767988     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2343     Document Type: Article

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