Dendroclimatology in the Eastern Mediterranean

Radiocarbon

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2014, Pages S61-S68

  Touchan, Ramzi ^a   Meko, David M ^a   Anchukaitis, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Drought; Eastern Mediterranean; Reconstruction; Tree ring growth

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIMESCALE; TREE RING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84914669446     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_rc.56.18321     Document Type: Article

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