Tree-ring δ 15N values to infer air quality changes at regional scale

Chemical Geology

Volumn 320-321, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-16

  Doucet, Annick ^a   Savard, Martine M ^b   Bégin, Christian ^b   Smirnoff, Anna ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Nitrogen isotopes; NO x emissions; Picea rubens Sarg; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BEECH TREES; CAR EXHAUSTS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC PATTERN; ISOTOPIC VALUES; LONG-TERM TREND; MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESS; N DEPOSITION; N VALUE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS; PICEA RUBENS SARG; QUALITY CHANGE; RED SPRUCE; REGIONAL SCALE; STABLE ISOTOPES; STUDY SITES; TRANSITION ZONES; TREE RINGS;

AIR QUALITY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL QUALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREE RING; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; FORESTS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PICEA RUBENS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; QUEBEC [QUEBEC (PRV)];

FAGUS; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 84862190667     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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