A multi-century tree-ring record of spring flooding on the Mississippi River

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue P2, 2015, Pages 490-498

  Therrell, Matthew D ^a   Bialecki, Margaret B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Flood ring; Flooding; Mississippi river; Paleoflood; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; OIL WELL FLOODING; RIVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LARGE RIVER SYSTEM; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PALEOFLOOD; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TREE RINGS;

FLOODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLOODING; PALEOFLOOD; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

FLOODING; FORESTS; MISSISSIPPI; RIVERS;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940930926     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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