Vessel anomalies in Quercus macrocarpa tree rings associated with recent floods along the Red River of the North, United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 630-634

  Wertz, Erika L ^a   St George, Scott ^a   Zeleznik, Joseph D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL GROWTH; BASIN HYDROLOGY; CAMBIAL GROWTHS; DENSE NETWORK; EXTREME FLOOD; FLOOD MAGNITUDES; POTENTIAL CHANGE; PRE-INSTRUMENTAL FLOODS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; RIVERS;

FLOODS;

ANATOMY; ANOMALY; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODING; GROWING SEASON; HISTORICAL RECORD; RIPARIAN ZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREE RING;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ESTIMATION; FLOODS; FORESTRY; RIVERS;

RED RIVER [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; QUERCUS RIPARIA;

EID: 84876575630     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012900     Document Type: Article

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