Using stable isotopes of oxygen from tree-rings to study the origin of past flood events: First results from the iberian peninsula

Quaternaire

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-80

  Ferrio, Juan Pedro ^a   Díez Herrero, Andrés ^b   Tarrés, Daniel ^a   Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan Antonio ^c   Aguilera, Mònica ^a   Bodoque, José María ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Isotopes; Meteorology; Past floods

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLASH FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 84927663938     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.7172     Document Type: Article

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