Summer climate and conifer growth in mid-Norway: Chronologies from ancient construction timber compared with historical data

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-311

  Thun, Terje ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Building timber; Chronologies; Climate; Conifers; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SUMMER; TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE RING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33845249518     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950601047974     Document Type: Article

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