A 9111 year long conifer tree-ring chronology for the European Alps: a base for environmental and climatic investigations

Nicolussi, K., Kaufmann, M., Melvin, T. M., van der Plicht, J., Schiebling, P. and Thurner, A. (2009) A 9111 year long conifer tree-ring chronology for the European Alps: a base for environmental and climatic investigations. The Holocene, 19 (6). pp. 909-920. ISSN 1477-0911

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Abstract

An ultra-long tree-ring width chronology (9111 years long, 7109 BC to AD 2002) has been established based on the analysis and dating of 1432 subfossil/dry dead wood samples and cores from 335 living trees. The material was collected from treeline or near-treeline sites (c. 2000 to 2400 m a.s.l.) mainly in the Eastern Alps. The availability of preserved samples through time at high altitudinal sites is influenced by Alpine forest history and is partly climatically controlled, as shown by comparisons of the sample depth record of the Eastern Alpine Conifer Chronology (EACC) with the Holocene glacier record. The similarity of variations over time between the sample depth of the chronology and the mid-Holocene GISP2 10Be record suggest a relationship between sample depth and solar activity. The Eastern Alpine Conifer Chronology has already been used as a dating base in environmental studies, eg, on glacier fluctuations, as well as in archaeological studies.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
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Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2012 11:50
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2024 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39715
DOI:	10.1177/0959683609336565

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