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- Title
May–June precipitation reconstruction of southwestern Anatolia, Turkey during the last 900 years from tree rings
- Authors
Touchan, Ramzi; Akkemik, Ünal; Hughes, Malcolm K.; Erkan, Nesat
- Abstract
Abstract: 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.
- Subjects
TURKEY; METEOROLOGICAL precipitation; QUATERNARY paleobiogeography; GEOLOGICAL research
- Publication
Quaternary Research, 2007, Vol 68, Issue 2, p196
- ISSN
0033-5894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.yqres.2007.07.001