Dendrochronological responses to the 24 October 1992 tornado at Sunset Crater, northern Arizona

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2911-2919

  Sheppard, Paul R ^a   May, Elizabeth M ^a   Ort, Michael H ^b   Anderson, Kirk C ^b   Elson, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Desert Archaeology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL RESPONSES; GROWTH SUPPRESSIONS; RING-WIDTH SUPPRESSION;

FORESTRY;

GROWTH; TORNADO; TREE RING; WOOD;

GROWTH RINGS; TREES;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SUNSET CRATER; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33645759900     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-221     Document Type: Article

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