Climate variation and the stable carbon isotope composition of tree ring cellulose: an intercomparison of Quercus robur, Fagus sylvatica and Pinus silvestris

D. L. Hemming; V. R. Switsur; J. S. Waterhouse; T. H. E. Heaton; A. H. C. Carter

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v50i1.16019

Climate variation and the stable carbon isotope composition of tree ring cellulose: an intercomparison of Quercus robur, Fagus sylvatica and Pinus silvestris

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 50 (1998): Issue 1

By: D. L. Hemming, V. R. Switsur, J. S. Waterhouse, T. H. E. Heaton and A. H. C. Carter

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