Assessing tree-ring carbon and oxygen stable isotopes for climate reconstruction in the Canadian northeastern boreal forest

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 423, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-101

  Bégin, Christian ^a   Gingras, Mathieu ^b   Savard, Martine M ^a   Marion, Joëlle ^a   Nicault, Antoine ^c   Bégin, Yves ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Boreal forest; Dendroclimatology; Stable isotopes; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; LATITUDE; MOISTURE CONTENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84922749045     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.01.021     Document Type: Article

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