Hydrogeomorphic control on tree growth responses in the Elton area of the Cheshire Saltfield, UK

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 158-171

  Lageard, Jonathan G A ^a   Drew, Ian B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brine pumping; Dendrochronology; Fraxinus excelsior; Quercus robur; Subsidence; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RESPONSE; PUMPING; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE WATER; TREE; TREE RING; WATER TABLE;

CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 39149103763     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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