Tree growth at the beginning of the Holocene at an elevation of 2150&thinsp;m in the Engadin Valley, Switzerland

Schlüchter, Christian; Hösli, Leo; Nicolussi, Kurt; Korte, Christoph; Hajdas, Irka

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Tree growth at the beginning of the Holocene at an elevation of 2150 m in the Engadin Valley, Switzerland

Christian Schlüchter, Leo Hösli, Kurt Nicolussi, Christoph Korte, and Irka Hajdas

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