Riparian influences on carbon isotopic composition of tree rings in the Slave River Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

Chemical Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 9-20

  Buhay, William Mark ^a   Timsic, Sandra ^b   Blair, Danny ^a   Reynolds, Jennifer ^a   Jarvis, Suzanne ^c   Petrash, Deanna ^a   Rempel, Marlin ^b   Bailey, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Drought; Flooding; Hydrology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; FLOODING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TREE RING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 44649190616     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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