The suitability of annual tree growth rings as environmental archives: Evidence from Sr, Nd, Pb and Ca isotopes in spruce growth rings from the Strengbach watershed

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 344, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 297-311

  Stille, Peter ^a   Schmitt, Anne Désirée ^b   Labolle, François ^a   Pierret, Marie Claire ^a   Gangloff, Sophie ^a   Cobert, Florian ^a   Lucot, Eric ^b   Guéguen, Florence ^a   Brioschi, Laure ^b   Steinmann, Marc ^b   Chabaux, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Annual tree growth rings; Atmosphere; Pb Nd Sr Ca isotopes; Soil acidification; Soil solutions

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TREE RING;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84862699995     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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