Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Changes in Asian Monsoon Circulation During the Last Millennium from Stable Isotopes in Tropical Tree Rings

Lead PI: Dr. Brendan M. Buckley , Kevin Anchukaitis
Unit Affiliation: Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
September 2012 - July 2015
Inactive
Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Vietnam
Project Type: Research

DESCRIPTION: The project will develop, analyze, and interpret the oxygen isotope composition of alpha cellulose samples extracted from tropical conifer trees in Vietnam in order to reconstruct and interpret past atmospheric circulation regimes of the Asian monsoon.

SPONSOR: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
ORIGINATING SPONSOR: National Science Foundation
FUNDED AMOUNT: $277,206
RESEARCH TEAM: Dario Martin Benito
EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WEBSITE: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203818&HistoricalAwards=false

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