Extension of the New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) chronology to 1724 BC

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-199

  Boswijk, Gretel ^a   Fowler, Anthony ^a   Lorrey, Andrew ^a   Palmer, Jonathan ^b   Ogden, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agathis australis; Dendrochronology; Kauri; Late Holocene; Long chronology; New Zealand; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TREE RING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33645386799     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl919rp     Document Type: Article

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