Abstract
Dendrochronology by establishing the year-by-year chronology for the Holocene has set the ultimate chronological standard. All other sources of information on fine resolution climate change must ultimately fit themselves to deductions from the tree-ring calendar. This chapter reviews the principal long chronologies and explores the types of fine-resolution information becoming available from them, be it archaeological, tectonic, volcanic or climatic. A strong indication is given that the most profitable direction for future research lies in a multi-proxy approach that combines information from various well-dated proxies in order to paint the broadest possible picture of short-term events in the past.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Global change in the Holocene |
| Editors | A Mackay, R Battarbee, J Birks, F Oldfield |
| Publisher | Hodder Arnold |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 75-91 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203785027 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780340812143 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Palaeontology and Archaeology [BB700], Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology) [KK100], Meteorology and Climate [PP500], Plant Ecology [ZZ331]
- archaeology
- climatic change
- dendrochronology
- geology
- growth rings
- tectonics
- volcanic activity
