Using tree ring cellulose as a tool to estimate past tritium inputs to the ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 341-353

  Stark, Sheila ^a,b   Statham, P J ^a   Stanley, R ^a,c   Jenkins, W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Dendrochronology; Precipitation; Tree rings; Tritium

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE EXTRACTION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MICROWAVE METHOD; TREE RING CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOFTWOODS; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CELLULOSE; TREE RING; TRITIUM;

EID: 24144481859     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.040     Document Type: Article

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