Stable isotopes in tree rings could provide palaeoclimate reconstructions with perfect annual
resolution and statistically defined confidence limits. Recent advances make the approach …

The use of stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen to study physiological
processes has increased exponentially in the past three decades. When Harmon Craig …

Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of
tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators …

Lemna gibba L. B3 was grown under heterotrophic, photoheterotrophic, and autotrophic
conditions in water having a variety of hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions. The …

The stable hydrogen isotopic ratio (δD) of stem water is shown to deviate from source water
values in young, nonsuberized woody stems, reflecting an isotopic enrichment associated …

Variations in the natural abundance of 18O and 2H in plant cellulose are influenced by the
isotopic composition of the water directly involved in metabolism—the metabolic water …

The analysis of stable isotope ratios represents one of the most exciting new technical
advances in environmental sciences. In this book, leading experts offer the first survey of …

Elements exist in both stable and nonstable (radioactive) forms. Most elements of biological
interest have two or more stable isotopes, although one isotope is usually present in far …

As is the case for carbon, the study of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in plant matter
has its origins in the field of geochemistry. Geochemists for some time have been interested …

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in cooperation with the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO), has been conducting since the early sixties a …