Environment and paleoecology of a 12 ka mid-North American Younger Dryas forest chronicled in tree rings

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-441

  Panyushkina, Irina P ^a   Leavitt, Steven W ^a   Thompson, Todd A ^b   Schneider, Allan F ^c   Lange, Todd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Dendrochronology; Great Lakes; Paleobotany; Paleowinds; Radiocarbon ages; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 54849404672     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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