Tree ring effects and ice core acidities clarify the volcanic record of the first millennium

Climate of the Past

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-114

  Baillie, M G L ^a   McAneney, J ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DOME; FROST; GRIP; ICE CORE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS ARISTATA;

EID: 84921382520     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-11-105-2015     Document Type: Article

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