Altithermal timberline advance in Western United States

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Abstract

A combination of radiocarbon dating and counting of annual rings of the remains of trees has been used to establish the time of retreat of forests from sub-alpine mountains in California and Nevada. The information obtained can serve as a palaeoclimatic indicator.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Altithermal timberline advance in Western United States
Series title Nature
DOI 10.1038/213980a0
Volume 213
Issue 5080
Year Published 1967
Language English
Publisher Nature
Description 3 p.
First page 980
Last page 982
Other Geospatial Western United States
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