Regional summer temperature reconstruction in the Khibiny Low Mountains (Kola Peninsula, NW Russia) by means of tree-ring width during the last four centuries

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Kononov, Y.M., Friedrich, M., Boettger, Tatjana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO 2009
• Subjects: Kola Peninsula; Khibiny; kola peninsula
• Online Access: https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=329; https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-41.4.460

This study presents a new pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) ring-width chronology and a summer temperature reconstruction for the last 400 years from the Khibiny Low Mountains (Kola Peninsula, NW Russia). Pine trees from sites at the altitudinal timberline of Khibiny Mountains show pronounced climatic sign...