The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

Tree-ring studies provide important contributions to understanding the climate sensitivity of
tropical trees and the effects of global change on tropical forests. This chapter reviews recent …

Two archeological wood samples were studied by attenuated total reflectance Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR–ATR) spectroscopy. They originate from a shipwreck in Ribadeo …

A tree ring cellulose δ18O chronology of Fokienia hodginsii from 1951 to 2002 is
established by four cores from four different trees to explore its potential for reconstructing …

Stable isotopes in tree-ring α-cellulose are valued as environmental proxies and their use is
steadily increasing; however, preparation of α-cellulose is a bottleneck in isotope analysis …

The criteria for zoning the surface fault rupture hazard (SFRH) along thrust faults are defined
by analysing the characteristics of the areas of coseismic surface faulting in thrust …

This paper describes devices to extract α-cellulose from small whole wood samples
developed at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Tree-Ring Lab and explains the …

The isotope signatures registered in speleothems during tropical cyclones (TC) provides
information about the frequency and intensity of past TCs but the precise relationship …

In this chapter we introduce the climate signal in stable isotope tree-ring records, with the
emphasis on temperate forests. The development of the subdiscipline is recapped followed …

In this chapter, we give some basic information on the chemical and isotopic properties of
wood constituents and describe their relative contribution to the isotopic signature of wood …