A chronology of climatic downturns through the mid- and late-Holocene: tracing the distant effects of explosive eruptions from palaeoclimatic and historical evidence in northern Europe

Geochronological data of the conifer tree rings in a region sensitive to climatic effects of explosive eruptions were analysed for sudden growth reductions in association with extraordinarily cool reconstructed summer temperatures since 5500 B.C. Tree-ring data came from the stems of living trees an...

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Main Authors: Kari Mielikäinen, Jari Holopainen, Marc Macias-Fauria, Mauri Timonen, Samuli Helama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013-02-01
Series:Polar Research
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Online Access:http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/15866/pdf_1