Comparison of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in Picea glauca tree rings and Sphagnum fuscum moss remains from subarctic Canada

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-302

  Holzkämper, Steffen ^a,b   Tillman, Päivi Kaislahti ^b   Kuhry, Peter ^b   Esper, Jan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canadian sub Arctic; Peat moss; Stable isotopes; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE SIGNALS; CLIMATE VARIATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LOW FREQUENCY; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PEAT MOSS; PEATLAND; PICEA GLAUCA; SPRING TEMPERATURES; STABLE CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUB-ARCTIC; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TREE LINE; TREE RINGS; WHITE SPRUCE;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PEAT; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; MOSS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PEATLAND; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREE RING;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PEAT; RINGS; TREES; WETLANDS;

CANADA;

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

EID: 84865373482     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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