A 3620-Year Temperature Record from Fitzroya cupressoides Tree Rings in Southern South America

@article{Lara1993A3T,
  title={A 3620-Year Temperature Record from Fitzroya cupressoides Tree Rings in Southern South America},
  author={Antonio Lara and Ricardo Villalba},
  journal={Science},
  year={1993},
  volume={260},
  pages={1104 - 1106}
}
A tree-ring width chronology of alerce trees (Fitzroya cupressoides) from southern Chile was used to produce an annually resolved 3622-year reconstruction of departures from mean summer temperatures (December to March) for southern South America. The longest interval with above-average temperatures was from 80 B.C. to A.D. 160. Long intervals with below-average temperatures were recorded from A.D. 300 to 470 and from A.D. 1490 to 1700. Neither this proxy temperature record nor instrumental data… 
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