Quantifying uncertainty in isotope dendroclimatology

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1221-1226

  Loader, N J ^a   Young, G H F ^a   McCarroll, D ^a   Wilson, R J S ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon; dendrochronology; paleoclimatology; Pinus sylvestris; stable isotope; tree ring

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881560254     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613486945     Document Type: Article

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