Altithermal timberline advance in Western United States
Nature
By: Valmore C. LaMarche Jr. and H. A. Mooney
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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 |