Climate variability in the Early Pliocene Arctic: Annually resolved evidence from stable isotope values of sub-fossil wood, Ellesmere Island, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 339-349

  Csank, A Z ^a   Patterson, W P ^b   Eglington, B M ^b   Rybczynski, N ^c   Basinger, J F ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Isotopes; Pliocene; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWING SEASON; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; STRATHCONA;

LARIX; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79960734636     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.038     Document Type: Article

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