Tree-ring analysis of ancient baldcypress trees and subfossil wood

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Stahle, David W ^a   Burnette, Dorian J ^a   Villanueva, Jose ^b   Cerano, Julian ^b   Fye, Falko K ^a   Griffin, R Daniel ^c   Cleaveland, Malcolm K ^a   Stahle, Daniel K ^a   Edmondson, Jesse R ^a   Wolff, Kathryn P ^a  

^a Department of Geosciences   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baldcypress; Dendrochronology; Earlywood; ENSO; Latewood; Subfossil wood; Taxodium distichum; Taxodium mucronatum

Indexed keywords

BALDCYPRESS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EARLYWOOD; ENSO; LATEWOOD; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBFOSSIL; TRANSGRESSION; TREE RING;

CLIMATES; DEPOSITS; FORESTRY; GUATEMALA; SPRING WOOD; SUMMER WOOD; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TAXODIUM MUCRONATUM; USA; WETLANDS;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TAXODIUM MUCRONATUM;

EID: 84856610577     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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