An 854-year tree-ring chronology of scots pine for south-west Finland

• Autorzy: Helama S. , Holopainen J. , Timonen M , Mielikainen K

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/squa-2014-0006

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A near-millennial tree-ring chronology (AD 1147-2000) is presented for south-west Finland and analyzed using dendroclimatic methods. This is a composite chronology comprising samples both from standing pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) and subfossil trunks as recovered from the lake sediments, with a total sample size of 189 tree-ring sample series. The series were dendrochronologically cross-dated to exact calendar years to portray variability in tree-ring widths on inter-annual and longer scales. Although the studied chronology correlates statistically significantly with other long tree-ring width chronologies from Finland over their common period (AD 1520-1993), the south-west chronology did not exhibit similarly strong mid-summer temperature or spring/early-summer precipitation signals in comparison to published chronologies. On the other hand, the south-west chronology showed highest correlations to the North Atlantic Oscillation indices in winter/spring months, this association following a dendroclimatic feature common to pine chronologies over the region and adjacent areas. Paleoclimatic comparison showed that tree-rings had varied similarly to central European spring temperatures. It is postulated that the collected and dated tree-ring material could be studied for wood surface reflectance (blue channel light intensity) and stable isotopes, which both have recently shown to correlate notably well with summer temperatures.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

dendrochronology; North Atlantic Oscillation; paleoclimate; Pinus sylvestris; subfossil wood; manuscript

• Wydawca: Institute of Geological Science Polish Academy of Science
• Czasopismo: Studia Quaternaria
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: Vol. 31, Nr 1
• Strony: 61--68
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 55 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Helama S.

• Finnish Forest Research Institute, Northern Unit, P.O. Box 16, 96301 Rovaniemi, Finland

autor

Holopainen J.

• Department of Geosciences and Geography, P.O. Box 64, 00041 University of Helsinki, Finland

autor

Timonen M

• Finnish Forest Research Institute, Northern Unit, P.O. Box 16, 96301 Rovaniemi, Finland

autor

Mielikainen K

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