Horton House Tree Ring Chronology for Arkansas Paleoclimate

Tree ring width measurements from the Horton House site in Arkansas, United States, provide a paleoclimate record. The chronology covers 132 years, from 200 to 69 calendar years before present. Data is archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width time-series.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the chronology's growth patterns with known historical climate events.
• Analyze the frequency of drought or wet periods in Arkansas over the 132-year record.
• Perform cross-dating with other regional tree ring chronologies to validate and extend climate reconstructions.

Strengths

• Data spans a continuous 132-year period (200 to 69 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Limited geographic scope to a single site in Arkansas.
• Temporal coverage of 132 years is relatively short for some paleoclimate studies.
• Sample size and replication level of the underlying tree cores are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

200 to 69 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Horton House site, Arkansas, United States Of America.