A Technique for Examining Non-Climatic Variation in Widths of Annual Tree Rings with Special Reference to Air Pollution
| dc.contributor.author | Nash, Thomas H., III | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-12T19:33:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-12T19:33:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1975 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nash, III, T.H., Fritts, H.C., Stokes, M.A. 1975. A technique for examining non-climatic variation in widths of annual tree rings with special reference to air pollution. Tree-Ring Bulletin 35:15-24. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0041-2198 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/260112 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A new technique is developed for examining non-climatic variations in widths of annual tree rings. For each tree core, the technique involves making an adjustment for regional climate as inferred from a regional chronology based on surrounding sites. The technique is applied to two stands in Gila County, Arizona, where air pollution is potentially a limiting factor on tree-ring growth. For the stand closer to the pollution sources, a marked decrease in tree-ring widths minus climate is evident during the period 1908 to 1920. Although this decrease coincides with a period when two smelters were operating nearby, air pollution cannot be definitively identified as the cause of the decrease in ring widths. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Tree-Ring Society | en_US |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.treeringsociety.org | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dendrochronology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tree Rings | en_US |
| dc.subject | Air Pollution | en_US |
| dc.subject | Damage | en_US |
| dc.subject | Effects | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fumes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gases | en_US |
| dc.subject | Increment | en_US |
| dc.subject | Injuries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Variation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Yields | en_US |
| dc.title | A Technique for Examining Non-Climatic Variation in Widths of Annual Tree Rings with Special Reference to Air Pollution | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Botony and Microbiology, Arizona State University | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona | en_US |
| dc.identifier.journal | Tree-Ring Bulletin | en_US |
| dc.description.collectioninformation | This item is part of the Tree-Ring Research (formerly Tree-Ring Bulletin) archive. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by the Laboratory of Tree-Ring research at The University of Arizona. For more information about this peer-reviewed scholarly journal, please email the Editor of Tree-Ring Research at editor@treeringsociety.org. | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-26T22:56:34Z | |
| html.description.abstract | A new technique is developed for examining non-climatic variations in widths of annual tree rings. For each tree core, the technique involves making an adjustment for regional climate as inferred from a regional chronology based on surrounding sites. The technique is applied to two stands in Gila County, Arizona, where air pollution is potentially a limiting factor on tree-ring growth. For the stand closer to the pollution sources, a marked decrease in tree-ring widths minus climate is evident during the period 1908 to 1920. Although this decrease coincides with a period when two smelters were operating nearby, air pollution cannot be definitively identified as the cause of the decrease in ring widths. |
