Reassessing the evidence for tree-growth and inferred temperature change during the Common Era in Yamalia, northwest Siberia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-107

  Briffa, Keith R ^a   Melvin, Thomas M ^a   Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Hantemirov, Rashit M ^b   Kirdyanov, Alexander V ^c   Mazepa, Valeriy S ^b   Shiyatov, Stepan G ^b   Esper, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate reconstruction; Dendroclimatology; Medieval Warm Period; Polar Urals; Summer temperature; Yamal

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; POLAR URALS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; YAMAL;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; SUBFOSSIL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIMESCALE; TREE RING;

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICS; METEOROLOGY; TREES;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; URALS; YAMAL PENINSULA; YAMALO-NENETS;

LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA;

EID: 84878419831     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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