Tree ring phototropism and implications for the rotation of the North China Block

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Jiang, Zikun, Liu, Benpei, Wang, Yongdong （王永栋）, Huang, Min, Kapitany, Tom, Tian, Ning, Cao, Yong, Lu, Yuanzheng, Deng, Shenghui
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 2019
• Subjects: Remagnetization Circles; Alexander Island; Petrified Forest; Early Tertiary; Fossil Wood; Paleoclimate; Growth; Antarctica; Light; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/15868; http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/15869; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41339-2

Trees grow towards the sunlight via a process of phototropism. The trunk phototropism processes are frequently observed in Northern Hemisphere from high latitude to at least the Tropic of Cancer region, and also occur in some in situ preserved vertical petrified woods in various geological ages. How...