Foliar physiognomic record of climatic conditions during dormancy: Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program (CLAMP) and the cold month mean temperature

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 685-702

  Spicer, Robert A ^a   Herman, Alexei B ^b   Kennedy, Elizabeth M ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DORMANCY; LEAF; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

EID: 12144256206     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424579     Document Type: Article

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