An annually resolved bristlecone pine carbon isotope chronology for the last millennium

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-29

  Bale, Roderick J ^a,b   Robertson, Iain ^b   Salzer, Matthew W ^c   Loader, Neil J ^b   Leavitt, Steven W ^c   Gagen, Mary ^b   Harlan, Thomas P ^c   McCarroll, Danny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bristlecone pine; Carbon isotopes; Climate change; Dendroclimatology; Drought; El Ni o; Palaeoclimate; Precipitation; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

BRISTLECONE PINE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALAEOCLIMATE; TREE RINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECADAL VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAINS [CALIFORNIA-NEVADA];

PINUS ARISTATA; PINUS LONGAEVA;

EID: 79959248509     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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