A ring-width-based reconstruction of June-July minimum temperatures since AD1245 from white spruce stands in the Mackenzie Delta region, northwestern Canada

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-179

  Porter, Trevor J ^a,b   Pisaric, Michael F J ^b,c   Kokelj, Steven V ^d   deMontigny, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Northwest Territories Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Divergence; Mackenzie Delta; Temperature reconstruction; Tree ring width; White spruce

Indexed keywords

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; MACKENZIE DELTA; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; TREE-RING WIDTH; WHITE SPRUCE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

FORESTRY;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE RING; WARMING;

FORESTRY; PICEA ENGELMANNII; TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84883553084     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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