Yapp, Crayton J. and Epstein, Samuel (1982) Climatic significance of the hydrogen isotope ratios in tree cellulose. Nature, 297 (5868). pp. 636-639. ISSN 0028-0836. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140311-104756809
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Abstract
A distinct relationship exists between the δD values of cellulose carbon bound hydrogen in trees and average annual temperature for a variety of trees from a wide range over North America. The slope of the δD/T relationship is 5.8‰°C^(−1). Samples of annual precipitation covering much the same geographical range as the trees exhibit a comparable temperature coefficient of 5.6‰°C^(−1). Such growth-site conditions as poor drainage and/or low relative humidity seem to perturb the spatial δD/T relationship. However, our data indicate that suitable tree growth sites are more the rule than the exception.
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| Additional Information: | © 1982 Macmillan Journals Ltd. Received 31 December 1981; accepted 18 March 1982. We thank everyone who provided samples for this work (see ref. 3 for names). NSF grant ATM80-18830 supported this research. This is contribution no. 3691 of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology. | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Climatic significance of the hydrogen isotope ratios in tree cellulose 636-639 Crayton J. Yapp & Samuel Epstein doi:10.1038/297636a0 | |||||||||
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