Reconstruction of summer droughts using tree-ring cellulose isotopes: A calibration study with living oaks from Brittany (western France)

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-174

  Raffalli Delerce, G ^a   Masson Delmotte, V ^a   Dupouey, J L ^b   Stievenard, M ^a   Breda, N ^b   Moisselin, J M ^c  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TREE RING;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942424167     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2004.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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