Regional summer temperature reconstruction in the Khibiny Low Mountains (Kola Peninsula, NW Russia) by means of tree-ring width during the last four centuries

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-468

  Kononov, Yu M ^a   Friedrich, M ^b,c   Boettger, T ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^d NONE

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EID: 80053346843     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-41.4.460     Document Type: Article

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