Evidence of environmental change from annually resolved proxies with particular reference to dendrochronology and the last millennium

The SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 320-344

  Wahl, Eugene R ^a   Frank, David ^b  

^a Climate Analysis Branch   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446253045.n15     Document Type: Chapter

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