Bristlecone pine tree rings and volcanic eruptions over the last 5000 yr

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-68

  Salzer, Matthew W ^a   Hughes, Malcolm K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bristlecone pine; Dendrochronology; Paleoclimate; Tree rings; Volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SIBERIA;

PINUS ARISTATA; PINUS LONGAEVA; THERA;

EID: 33846295975     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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