A 560 yr summer temperature reconstruction for the Western Mediterranean basin based on stable carbon isotopes from Pinus nigra ssp. laricio (Corsica/France)

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1737-1749

  Szymczak, S ^a   Joachimski, M M ^a   Brauning A ^a   Hetzer, T ^a,b   Kuhlemann, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

CORSE; FRANCE;

EID: 84871858350     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1737-2012     Document Type: Article

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