Palaeoflood records for the Red River, Manitoba, Canada, derived from anatomical tree-ring signatures

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-555

  St George, Scott ^a   Nielsen, Erik ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Dendrochronology; Flood history; Flood rings; Manitoba; Palaeofloods; Palaeohydrology; Red River

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER CHANNEL;

CANADA;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA;

EID: 0038142872     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl645rp     Document Type: Article

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