Alpine Holocene tree-ring dataset: age-related trends in the stable isotopes of cellulose show species-specific patterns

Arosio, Tito; Ziehmer, Malin M.; Nicolussi, Kurt; Schlüchter, Christian; Leuenberger, Markus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4871-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4871-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4871-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 19

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13 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 13 Oct 2020

Alpine Holocene tree-ring dataset: age-related trends in the stable isotopes of cellulose show species-specific patterns

Tito Arosio, Malin M. Ziehmer, Kurt Nicolussi, Christian Schlüchter, and Markus Leuenberger

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RC1: 'A nice methodologisch study', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to review comments - see supplementary file', Tito Arosio, 13 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of bg-2020-166', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to review comments - see supplementary file', Tito Arosio, 13 Jul 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 Jul 2020) by Aninda Mazumdar

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Aug 2020) by Aninda Mazumdar

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Aug 2020)

ED: Publish as is (26 Aug 2020) by Aninda Mazumdar

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Stable isotopes in tree-ring cellulose are tools for climatic reconstructions, but interpretation is challenging due to nonclimate trends. We analyzed the tree-age trends in tree-ring isotopes of deciduous larch and evergreen cembran pine. Samples covering the whole Holocene were collected at the tree line in the Alps. For cambial ages over 100 years, we prove the absence of age trends in δD, δ18O, and δ13C for both species. For lower cambial ages, trends differ for each isotope and species.