Yapp, Crayton J. and Epstein, Samuel (1985) Seasonal Contributions to the Climatic Variations Recorded in Tree Ring Deuterium/Hydrogen Data. Journal of Geophysical Research D, 90 (D2). pp. 3747-3752. ISSN 0148-0227. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140312-155039602
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Abstract
Tree ring δD records do not always reflect variations in the average annual δD values of local precipitation, but may instead record changes in the δD values of seasonal components of precipitation. The δD values measured for tree ring sequences from the three trees in this study are correlated with variations in summer climatic conditions at each of the sites. The D/H ratios in an aspen from Fairbanks, Alaska, correlate with summer temperatures in Fairbanks. An aspen which grew near Anchorage, Alaska, and a pine located near Seeley Lake, British Columbia, contain δD records which correlate with the amount of summer precipitation at their respective sites. The δD variations of the two Alaskan aspens are correlated for the five 5-year sample intervals which they have in common. It is emphasized that a correlation between tree ring δD variations and a local seasonal climatic parameter for a given tree does not imply that all trees in that area will exhibit similar correlations. The site and growth conditions of individual trees will probably determine what climatic signal is contained in the D/H records of each.
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| Additional Information: | © 1985 American Geophysical Union. (Received March 16, 1984; revised December 11, 1984; accepted December 19, 1984. We thank those individuals who provided the tree samples used in this work. Their names are in the text. The paper benefited from the comments of W. Chameides and two anonymous reviewers. This research was supported by NSF grant ATM 8018830. Contribution 4040 of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology Paper number 4D1528. | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Yapp, C. J., and S. Epstein (1985), Seasonal contributions to the climatic variations recorded in tree ring deuterium/hydrogen data, J. Geophys. Res., 90(D2), 3747–3752, doi:10.1029/JD090iD02p03747. | |||||||||
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