Expanded Tree-Ring Chronologies for the Southwestern United States

Description

Authors: Dean, Jeffrey S. and Robinson, William J.  (1929-2021)

Publisher: Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (Tucson)

Pub Date: 1978

Binding: Paperback (post and stick)

Condition: Fair.  Ex-library.  Post and stick binding good, not broken.  No tears, bends or folds.  Library markings (in pencil) on title page.  Very light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Chronology Series III.  Not a reading volume (with the exceptions of the Preface and Introduction and Archaeological Chronologies).  Reference only.   “We take the uniformitarian position that tree growth response to climate was the same in the past as it is today.  Several lines of evidence support this assumption.  The fact that continuous 200+ year tree-ring chronologies comprised of thousands of overlapping ring sequences representing at least five species can be constructed indicates that there has been no basic change in growth-climate relationships of each species during the period of record.  In addition, the fact that elevational and environment distributions of the various species involved have not changed appreciably during the past 2000 years argues that there have been no fundamental changes in the way in which trees respond to climate.  Finally, the statistics of living tree-ring series do not differ significantly from those of the prehistoric data sets.”  (From the Introduction).  VERY RARE.  NO other copies available for sale.