Quantifications of dendrochronological information from contrasting microdensitometric measuring circumstances of experimental wood samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1014-1023

  Helama, S ^a   Begin Y ^b,c   Vartiainen, M ^d   Peltola, H ^e   Kolstrom T ^e,g   Merilainen J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d Saima Centre for Environmental Sciences   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f Kivelänkatu 2 B 5   (Finland)

^g FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Dendrodensitometry; Paleoclimatology; Scots pine; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; X RAYS;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DENDRODENSITOMETRY; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL PLANT; MICRODENSITOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTS PINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84860140846     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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