Reconstructed summer temperature in the northern Rocky Mountains wilderness, USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-187

  Kipfmueller, Kurt F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Northern Rocky Mountains; Selway Bitterroot wilderness area; Subalpine larch; Whitebark pine

Indexed keywords

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; MODELING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; LARIX; LARIX LYALLII; PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 50449085069     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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