Maastricht Church Roof Timber Tree-Ring Data 846-674 BP

846 to 674 calendar years before present (BP) of tree-ring data from roof timbers of the Dominican Church in Maastricht, Netherlands. The dataset contains parameters related to tree rings for paleoclimatic reconstruction. It is archived and made available by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing tree-ring width series from the timbers.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or establish regional dendrochronological master chronologies using the dated timber samples.
• Study forest growth patterns and historical timber sourcing in the Netherlands during the 7th-9th centuries.
• Analyze the frequency of extreme climatic events recorded in the tree-ring parameters over the 172-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 172-year time period from 846 to 674 BP.
• Data originates from a known, authoritative source (NOAA NCEI WDS for Paleoclimatology).
• Provides geographically precise data from a single site in Maastricht, Netherlands.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a single, non-continuous 172-year block from the past.
• Geographic scope is restricted to one location, limiting broader regional analysis.
• Specific sample size, measured parameters, and data formats are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of roof timbers from the Dominican Church in Maastricht.

Time Range

846 to 674 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Maastricht, Netherlands, Western Europe.