Tree-ring density inferred late summer temperature variability over the past three centuries in the Gaoligong Mountains, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 422, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-64

  Li, Ming Yong ^a,b   Wang, Lily ^a   Fan, Ze Xin ^c   Shen, Chen Chen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

August September temperature; Larix speciosa; Maximum latewood density; Southeastern Tibetan Plateau; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

CHINA; GAOLIGONG MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

LARIX SPECIOSA;

EID: 84921997029     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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