Climate variability in the Early Pliocene Arctic: Annually resolved evidence from stable isotope values of sub-fossil wood, Ellesmere Island, Canada

• Published in: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 308; no. 3; pp. 339 - 349
• Main Authors: Csank, A.Z., Patterson, W.P., Eglington, B.M., Rybczynski, N., Basinger, J.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Climate; Isotopes; Larix; Pliocene; Tree rings; Canada, Nunavut, Ellesmere I; Canada; PN, Arctic; Tree rings; Climate; Arctic; Pliocene; Isotopes

Tree-ring analyses have contributed significantly to investigations of past climate. Stable isotope climate proxies (δ 18O, δD and δ 13C values) enhance traditional ring-width data, although poor preservation of ancient wood has tended to limit development of stable isotope proxy records to the Holo...