Journal
QUATERNARY RESEARCH
Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 196-202Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.07.001
Keywords
tree rings; chronology; reconstruction
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A May-June precipitation reconstruction (AD 1097-2000) has been developed for southwestern Anatolia in Turkey, the longest reported to date in this region. The reconstruction was derived from a regional Juniperus excelsa chronology that was built from material sampled at four sites in the Antalya and Mersin Districts. The regional tree-ring chronology accounts for 51% of the variance of instrumentally observed May-June precipitation. The years AD 1518 to 1587 are the most humid period in the reconstruction, coinciding with a major shift in European climate. The driest 70-year period in the reconstruction is AD 1195 to 1264. The period AD 1591-1660 represents the third driest and was characterized by instability climatically, politically, and socially in Anatolia. V 2007 University of Washington. All rights reserved.
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