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Climatic significance of deuterium abundance in growth rings of Picea

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Deuterium variations in growth rings of a Picea from southern Germany are essentially a function of annual air temperature. Short term isotope variations are partly influenced by changes of relative humidity, but it is the long term annual temperature fluctuations which are mainly responsible for the deuterium variations in the rings. Long term deuterium variations in Picea record climatic changes of the past and also reflect the deuterium content of the annual precipitation.

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Schiegl, W. Climatic significance of deuterium abundance in growth rings of Picea. Nature 251, 582–584 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251582a0

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