A 3585-year ring-width dating chronology of Qilian juniper from the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

IAWA Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-394

  Shao, Xuemei ^a   Wang, Shuzhi ^b   Zhu, Haifeng ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Liang, Eryuan ^c   Yin, Zhi Yong ^d   Xu, Xinguo ^e   Xiao, Yongming ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

3585 year chronology; Archeological wood; Cross dating; Dendrochronology; Northeastern qinghai tibetan plateau; Qilian juniper

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 73649091746     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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