δ13C of tree-ring lignin as an indirect measure of climate change

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 531-544

  Robertson, I ^a,b   Loader, N J ^b   McCarroll, D ^b   Carter, A H C ^c   Cheng, L ^d   Leavitt, S W ^d  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

cellulose; Dendrochronology; Diagenesis; Lignin; Oak; Phenology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHENOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TREE RING;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 4344703059     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000028376.06179.af     Document Type: Article

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