Finnish supra-long tree-ring chronology extended to 5634 BC

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-277

  Helama, Samuli ^a   Mielikäinen, Kari ^a   Timonen, Mauri ^a   Eronen, Matti ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Lapland; Megafossil; Palaeoclimatology; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TREE RING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 57149088086     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950802517593     Document Type: Article

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