Cache River Tree Ring Chronology from Illinois (482 to -35 BP)

A tree-ring chronology from the Cache River region in Illinois, United States, covering 518 calendar years from 482 to -35 years before present. The dataset was created by Stahle and archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was last updated in the NCEI archive in 1985.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past climate variables like precipitation or temperature using the tree-ring width time-series.
• Calibrating radiocarbon dates or other chronological markers for the Cache River region using the dated tree-ring sequence.
• Analyzing long-term ecological responses to environmental change by examining growth patterns in the ring data.

Strengths

• Time series spans 518 calendar years, providing a multi-century climate record.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1985.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Cache River, Illinois), limiting regional generalization.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

482 to -35 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1985-01-01

Geography

Cache River, Illinois, United States Of America.