δ18O of tree-ring cellulose in two species (spruce and oak) as proxies of precipitation amount and relative humidity in northern Japan

Chemical Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 67-76

  Tsuji, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakatsuka, Takeshi ^a   Takagi, Kentaro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18O; Oak; Precipitation; Relative humidity; Root; Spruce; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TREE RING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

PICEA; PICEA JEZOENSIS; QUERCUS CRISPULA;

EID: 33745215437     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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