Abstract
Abstract Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) ecosystems are strongly influenced by the presence of summer marine fog, and variation in fog frequency is closely linked to climate variation in the NE Pacific region. Because oxygen isotope composition (δ18O) of organic matter records distinct water sources (e.g. summertime fog vs. winter precipitation) and carbon isotopes (δ13C) are typically sensitive to humidity and water status, it then follows that inter-annual variation in tree-ring isotope ratios, which are coherent across multiple sites, should preserve a potentially powerful proxy for climate reconstruction. Here we present an analysis of a 50-year time series for both δ18O and δ13C values from subdivided tree rings obtained from multiple redwood trees at multiple sites. Within-site and between-site correlations were highly significant (p < 0.01) for the δ18O time series indicating a regionally coherent common forcing of δ18O fractionation. Within-site and between-site correlation coefficients were ...
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