Icelandic State Park Tree Ring Chronology from 120 to -42 BP

162-year tree-ring chronology from Icelandic State Park in North Dakota's Pembina Hills, covering the period from 120 to -42 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information and the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. It was last updated in the repository in 1992.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other dating methods using the precisely dated tree-ring series.
• Analyze the frequency of environmental stress events recorded in the tree-ring parameters for the Pembina Hills region.

Strengths

• Covers a 162-year period (120 to -42 BP) providing a multi-century climate proxy.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last repository update in 1992, potentially lacking modern re-calibration.
• Specific sample depth, measurement parameters, and site replication details are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

120 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1992-01-01

Geography

Icelandic State Park, Pembina Hills, North Dakota, United States of America.