Oxygen Isotope Ratios from Tree Rings Containing Compression Wood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24088516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian H Luckman (Western University), Brian Luckman, John Gray (0000-0003-3373-9453), John Edward Gray (0000-0002-4124-6045, University of Alberta) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-121 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0033-5894(90)90090-8 |
| OpenAlex | W2032053617 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Oxygen isotope determinations on the α-cellulose of tree rings cut from two leaning Picea engelmannii revealed significant differences between results from normal and compression wood radii. Nine samples (10-year periods) from the normal wood radius (1721–1953) in one tree showed good agreement with proxy climate information and maximum differences of 1.8‰ between the “warmest” and “coolest” decades sampled. Differences of equivalent magnitude were found between samples from the same decade from normal and compression wood radii. These differences are strongly related to the amount and/or density of compression wood present and suggest that sampling for paleoclimatic work should be restricted to complacent, erect trees without compression wood rings.
Atmospheric sciences · Cellulose · Combinatorics · Composite material · Compression (physics) · Dendrochronology · Geochemistry · Isotope · Isotopes of oxygen · Mineralogy · Nuclear physics · Physics · Proxy (statistics) · RADIUS · Statistics · Tree (set theory) · Chemistry · Forest ecology and management · Geology · Materials Science · Mathematics · Paleontology · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Tree-ring climate responses
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |